<p>^SCEA only SEEMS easier than RD b/c the SCEA applicant pool is generally stronger than the RD pool (stronger pool = more admits)</p>
<p>*SCEA isn’t really much of an advantage if your app isn’t at its strongest. Remember at SCEA, there are three possible outcomes:</p>
<p>1) Accepted (then yay! good for you)
2) Deferred (you’re good enough that they don’t want to reject you, but they want to see more updates and your 2nd semester grades; they move you to RD pool)
3) Rejected (which is bad b/c then you can’t apply RD the same year)</p>
<p>Hope this helps!</p>