<p>When I started this thread I was amazed that Ed numbers appeared to be up given the state of the economy. It seemed counterintuitive. Well, I guess people were in shock and there was a delayed reaction to those halved 401ks and disappearing HELOCs. Now I guess we’ll begin to see the effects of this new financial reality.</p>
<p>I wonder if most ED applicants estimated individual school’s expected financial aid. I understand there are list of schools giving the (demonstrated or not) need base financial aids; however, there are substantial differences of aid amounts among schools even within the same income blanket.</p>
<p>A lot of EAs at my daughter’s high school. Pretty much a massacre: 0-3 Stanford, 0-3 MIT, they did get one kid into Yale (of many who applied there). Ivy ED acceptances at Penn/Wharton & Brown. It used to be an almost guaranteed acceptance to state flagship with IB diploma, will be interesting to see how that plays out this year.</p>
<p>It will be interesting to see the numbers when the regular decision applications are counted. I suspect some colleges and universities will report within the next several weeks…</p>
<p>Rice U:
early decision applicants have risen 5.4 percent, up for the second year in a row. Rice accepted about 200 ED students, of a total class of 850.</p>
<p>For the class of 2013, Rice received 720 applications for Early Decision, compared to 661 applications in 2007 and 517 applications in 2006. Of the 720 applications, Rice accepted about 200 students.</p>
<p>And it’s in Houston, which some students won’t even consider [ like my son]. It seems to be mentioned most often re:the strong premed and music programs.</p>
<p>Here are some numbers about EA and ED for class 2013. (The numbers may not be accurate, please make any modification and add your data here. The order is sorted according to the acceptance rate)</p>