Do students feel that they "need" to apply ED somewhere?

[RichInPitt]

@Mwfan1921

With schools filling an increasing proportion of their class in ED (quite a few schools over 50% now, some pushing 60%) that will only make RD more difficult.

For those interested, of 143 school tracked in the attached, the maximum possible percentage was 50-60% for 34, over 60% for 10.

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d1ad956be52e800010a2502/t/610399d2b1f44b4f19d09e98/1627625949310/Release+Early+Decision+and+Regular+Decision+Acceptance+Rates+2021+-+Sheet1.pdf