Colleges where applying RD may not be worth the bother

Eeyore123
Wed, 15 Dec 2021 15:46:54 +0000

pishicaca:

At the competitive schools, getting in line early is advantageous. Applying RD drastically reduces your chances…all admissions rounds are not created equally.

For a large chunk of the application pool, switching between rounds changes their likelihood from 0% to 0%. There is also a big chunk of the accepted students that would get in any round. The number of applicants that get accepted ED but would be denied in RD is likely small. Of course, everyone thinks that they may be part of that population.