<p>What are the pluses to making an early application other then knowing if you’re in before RD. Do universities consider you with a more positive light because you’re committed to their university or are there no pluses other then knowing beforehand. Thanks :)</p>
<p>Many schools have significantly higher acceptance percentages for ED. The accepted wisdom is that it may be slightly to somewhat easier to get in if you apply that way (to the extent the University cares – and many do, Yield is virtually 100% of ED candidates).</p>
<p>To answer your next question – many colleges report their ED acceptance statistics. Check the school’s website – or for many schools google <name of=“” school=“”> Common Data Set – the stat will be in Response C-21.</name></p>
<p>If you are admitted ED, and you can afford that institution, you are “one and done”. That is the biggest advantage for you.</p>
<p>Go here for a list of colleges with early decision and their ED v. overall acceptance rate. Most have higher acceptance rates for ED than overall but there are some that actually have lower ED acceptance rates than overall: [Colleges</a> Where Applying Early Decision Helps - US News and World Report](<a href=“http://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/right-school/timeline/articles/2009/09/30/colleges-where-applying-early-decision-helps]Colleges”>http://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/right-school/timeline/articles/2009/09/30/colleges-where-applying-early-decision-helps)</p>
<p>Thanks everyone 
You’ve all been a great help. I have another question do these statistics apply to International students also (I’m from Turkey)</p>
<p>I have not seen any stats separately for internationals. Probably you should not assume the admission rate for internationals for ED is the same as US residents. Some colleges with ED do not even accept ED applications from internationals and, for other colleges, if college is usually more difficult for internationals than US residents to be admitted regular decision, that is probably also true of ED. Also, schools, like the ivies, have mentioned that if you are legacy (and it is far more likely for US residents to have had a parent who attended the college), the school’s consideration of such as a favorable factor in deciding admission will be given if you apply ED but not if RD. Many legacies apply ED as a result and are being given one favorable factor in the consideration for admission that internationals usually do not get.</p>
<p>My dad got his masters degree from the University of Texas but in religious studies, I want to get into an engineering program do I count as a legacy there?</p>