<p>It is only my opinion, but I would think that more applications will mean higher selectivity for both EDII and RD. I would rather that deadlines remain deadlines, or let everyone know before the deadline so that they can take another day or so (or now weeks for those that didn’t honor the deadline) to polish their application if they need it. There were, no doubt, people that really wanted to apply to Emory that probably rushed to finish their application before the deadline, even if it meant not having an extra week or two to polish their essays.</p>
<p>I would think that before the extension they would have had to base their EDII decisions in relation to the RD pool that honored the deadline. Now, if there are more RD applications, and if the new ones are strong applications, I would think they would be more apt to waitlist or deny the borderline EDII since they will now have a bigger and maybe even some better RD candidates. I have no insight whatsoever, just thinking about how it has become a numbers game with rankings and yield concerns.</p>