Colleges where applying RD may not be worth the bother

MWolf
Wed, 05 Jan 2022 04:08:28 +0000

As a rule, public universities (except about half a dozen exceptions) do not have binding ED.

They also have little reason to give an acceptance boost to non-binding EA applicants - it has few benefits for the college that students apply early. So, for a good chunk of students who have reason to prefer applying RD, it will always be worthwhile to apply RD.

This is, in fact, the rule, while binding ED with a much higher acceptance rate, is the exception.

Colleges like Michigan are also competing for students with colleges that have binding ED or REA, and since most of the highly accomplished applicants are not accepted to the colleges that compete with Michigan, Michigan will be getting a lot of those applying RD.

So yes, it will likely always be worthwhile to apply RD to Michigan.