<p>Cosar, sorry but you’re wrong.</p>
<p>The problem with keeping EA is that an influx of ppl whose first choice is e.g. Harvard will now apply to Yale b/c Harvard doesn’t have an early admit program. Under the old program, those kids would likely just apply to Harvard/Princeton/etc early (and pending acceptance) would never apply to Yale. Hence instead of trying to keep up yield with kids who definitely want Yale as their first choice, Yale is forced to sort through a more qualified and larger applicant pool and maintain same yield. If Yale were ED instead of EA (like Princeton was), they wouldn’t have this risk… but maintaining an EA program is very risky and no one knew *** was going to happen…</p>
<p>Moreover, Yale reevaluated EA after Harvard and Princeton pulled their programs and concluded that it doesn’t hurt the applicant pool. In fact, they noted that a HIGHER proportion of minority and low-income students applied under the EA program.</p>