<p>“ED provides an admissions bump, but how much”</p>
<p>i used to think ED didn’t help THAT much, but my college counselor said it moves your school back a whole category. Ie, if you applied ED to a school that would normally be a reach in RD, it is a match in ED. Or, a match in RD becomes a safety when applied ED. In fact, when we got our college lists that placed colleges of our interest in the categories of reach, match, safety, the letter instructed us to shift down a category if applying ED.</p>