ED admit rate vs. RD admit rate

BlueDevilBBall
Mon, 14 Nov 2005 22:33:25 +0000

i believe its about 29% RD and 41% ED.

The difference results from the obvious advantages for both sides, the university and the applicant, in Early Decision admission:

The applicant applies to his/her number 1 choice and gets an early response with statistically better chances of admission

while the university admits students who cannot reply “no” if they do get accepted (this happens quite alot in RD to very good schools like cornell, who receive applications from aspiring “upper ivy leaguers” who apply to cornell as a ‘safety’). If those students get into more “prestigious” colleges like harvard, stanford, duke, penn, yale, princeton etc… they will most likely shut down cornell. this isn’t good for cornell’s matriculation percentages, so this is the greatest reason there is actually a better chance of getting in ED.

All considered, one must realize that the way the admissions offices read applications is no different ED than it is RD. They, while sticking to a general quota for acceptances, look at your material just as they would if you applied ED (according to a cornell addmissions officer herself). This means that if you get in ED, you most likely would have gotten in RD as well.

out.