<p>Suppose you love your reach college and everything, is it better to send your early decision there and hope for the best? Or do you send it to the less ideal school that you’ll probably get into?</p>
<p>Also, is it true that early decision makes your acceptance more likely?</p>
<p>reach school for ED because… well… it’s a reach. I would assume you would prefer going to the reach school that you love over a match school, and ED means that if you’re accepted you HAVE to enroll. </p>
<p>ED gives you a better chance because it shows interest and colleges want to protect their yield. However, if you don’t have the right qualifications to begin with, you probably won’t get in even with the ED.</p>
<p>Yah you should apply ED to a reach school, but if you are deferred then the advantage for acceptance is back to normal since you are being reviewed with the regular decision applications and don’t have to go to that school if accepted then.</p>
<p>Reach.
Make a calculated decision. Think with your brains than with your heart. Most people would get overboard with this, and apply to HYSP, even though their stats don’t match up.</p>
<p>You must know that ED does NOT necessarily increase your chances of admission. Most colleges take legacies, and athletes etc in their ED.
Acceptance rate higher, agreed, but understand that the pool in ED is filled with MORE academically and non-academically brilliant students. While RD has lots of people who apply just for the sake of applying.</p>
<p>Having said that, an ED college needs to be a college that’s your first preference. Because the offer is binding
You might have heard,
‘Don’t apply to a college for ED, if you wish to compare financial packages’
Not true.
If you are seeking finaid, and you’re accepted in ED and get your finaid package, you can get out of the binding agreement by stating that you cannot afford the college tuition fee, with that much aid. </p>
<p>Best,
Me.</p>
<p>ED only your first choice</p>