Early Decision and Early Action

intparent
Sun, 06 Jan 2019 22:56:23 +0000

Well, I think they can then carefully pick through those deferred students to get exactly the mix they want in that year’s class. They have a huge pool of various test scores, genders, ethnicities, etc of students to pick from that they are stringing along. They deferred a ton from their EA pool in the past, and I assume they are still doing that along with a lot of ED deferrals. The smallest shift in yield or increase in average test scores can give them a slight edge, and with a bigger pool of students to pick from in the RD round, that can help. It is all incremental – but UC’s rise in the rankings has been dramatic in the past several years. Nondorf was passed over for the top job in Yale admissions before moving to UC, and he is a man on a mission. They have made many, many changes to their admissions strategies over the years, some large and some small, but all seem to be pointed at that one goal.