Better To Apply Early Action?

Newberrytiger
Sat, 21 Apr 2012 20:11:23 +0000

I’m in the same situation as you. It’s between Yale, Cornell and UChicago as an intended art major. At the moment, I might grace the lower of the 25th percentile of accepted Yale students. After a lot of consideration and speaking to a few Yale students on Tumblr, along with being the kind of dreamer type that I am, I’m going to apply to Yale EA (as long as my guidance councilor doesn’t advise against it).

I’m not completely sure if EA is the better choice. I’ve heard that the more qualified applicants apply and it’s more likely to be rejected when being compared with those applicants. I’ve also heard that it’s easier to stand out in a smaller pool (i’ll be submitting a portfolio, and if a smaller pool will give them time to look at it, this would help me out).

So I’ll be doing a lot of ACT tutoring, putting my heart into my application, and staying as busy as I can this summer.

This might not help, but hopefully I offered a little support. To end with a cliche, follow your heart :)