early decision vs. regular at wash u

NUgraduate
Thu, 29 Dec 2005 15:59:00 +0000

as I said in my post, I don’t recall the exact numbers. But… I do recall that we asked how many students were accepted ED vs. RD, and we did the math in our heads (my husband is an engineer - so simple division is not an issue) and there was a clear advantage to applying ED. This said, the people doing the presentation were saying that it didn’t matter whether you applied ED or RD. The statistics didn’t match what they were saying.

As for overall acceptance rate, I recall in US World & News Report that Wash U was the 11th hardest school to get into based on percent accepted.

So, again, don’t trust my exact numbers, but the message is that it appears that a greater percentage of ED candidates are accepted than RD.