Colleges where applying RD may not be worth the bother

smiles2122
Thu, 16 Dec 2021 18:26:07 +0000

from @DigitalDad on another thread:

" Barnard ED’s were up by 17%, to 1,501 for a class size of 700.
Last year, 24% of ED were admitted, this year 29%!

From the ED pool, they now already filled 62% of the class!
If total applications will be in the same vicinity as last year’s, then the RD pool will have a 3% admit chance - making an RD admit 10 times less likely than an ED admit.

Test-optional applicants were 57%, test-optional admits 49% - so about 34 fewer candidates admitted test-optional than what had applied."

This trend indicates that schools are seeing the students they need in the early round and want to take the bird in the hand more than risking what they may or may not see or get in RD?

I know many say they don’t do ED so they can shop financial aid packages in RD but I wonder if that is going to need to shift? Those families might feel pressured to just apply ED and see what they get and then decide whether to shop it around? Per @Mwfan1921 they can get out of binding if need isn’t met…