Both schools fill over 50% of their class in binding ED and both are very competitive. The ED acceptance rate for Penn was 16% vs 21% for JHU. I’m not sure if JHU includes both ED I and II in their stats but I would suspect that’s the case.
You can easily search ED acceptance rates for most colleges as most have released their stats for this past cycle. For previous years, you can look up a school’s common data st.
Both schools are reaches for every single applicant and every student needs to have a realistic list of match and safety schools.
ED should be used for a school that the student absolutely loves the most and is affordable.