EA Yale vs EA Harvard

Applying to College
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<p>So I’ve visited both campuses and love them for different (and similar) reasons and am having a great difficulty deciding which school to apply early action to.</p>

<p>One consideration is which would I have a better chance of early action acceptance?</p>

<p>Yale
-My mom’s uncle and cousins are all notable alumni from all
-They won’t accept my composite 34 (which was without writing) along with my 31 (with writing) ACT (though I am still waiting for the September test numbers)
-Planning on applying to most colleges with a vocal music supplement, though not for a concentration or anything, and Yale said it has the potential to hurt you (not sure if that’s just based on the time spent on a failed audition, or actually a not excellent audition= negative impact). So if I apply early to Yale I’ll have another month and a half to prepare the audition for the rest of my colleges including Harvard.</p>

<p>Harvard-
3% higher early action acceptance rate than Yale</p>

<p>I also will possibly receive more awards after November 1st including Boettecher Scholarship Semi-finalist (CO free in-state college tuition) as well as some drama/theatre awards (though I’m going into political science and I’ve only become involved in theatre this last year) which I’d be able to include on the application that I’m not applying early action to (or both if deferred)</p>

<p>Do you think I have a better shot at one over the other? I’m having so much trouble deciding!</p>

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<li><p>Your Mom’s uncle and cousins have no bearing on your application. You are not a legacy, not that legacy gives any measurable advantage in the first place.</p></li>
<li><p>31 ACT is low for Yale.</p></li>
<li><p>Unless the drama/theater awards are MAJOR, they’ll have minimum impact.</p></li>
<li><p>The small difference between EA acceptances is meaningless, since no one knows the specific admission goals/practices of each school.</p></li>
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<p>wat</p>

<p>10char</p>

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<p>^ Although the legacy admit rate (<20%) is perhaps triple that of the overall admit rate, the legacy students are stronger on many measurable and objective parameters compared to the general applicant pool. Once at school, legacy and non-legacy students matched for incoming GPA and SAT scores show that the legacy students perform at a higher level at Yale. As such, the legacy “bump” is even less. There is no question that the majority of truly qualified legacy applicants are denied admission -as are the majority of other applicants.</p>