<p>_Arianna, I don’t know that applying ED helped her changes per se, because she also has quite a few friends who were accepted RD (I think this year at CAP about 35% was accepted ED and 65% RD). </p>
<p>In her case, she knew that NYU was her #1 choice, and she had been saving up (along with us) to the point that the financial aspect did not play a critical role (when you apply ED, you don’t know the details of the financial package you will be offered once accepted) . </p>
<p>By applying ED she did feel she had the opportunity to communicate she really wanted to go there, in spite of her, not necessarily top notch, SAT scores. During her audition she really felt that they made a big effort to get to know her while they worked with her; I would venture that the audition is a whole lot more important than whether you apply ED or not.</p>