<p>Thanks entomom. That is exactly what the director told me at dinner. She said for EA Stanford, they judge your qualifications against other EA applicants which tend to me higher so if you are not the highest in the applicant pool, you are better off applying regular decision. </p>
<p>Again it’s a personal decision for the OP but since this point was just discussed with me at a meeting by someone in the know, I wanted to share the discussion.</p>