<p>Lately, it has been hard to tell. If you ask an admissions person this, they will respond with the same answer like they’ve answered it a thousand times. Applying ED does not give you a better chance at getting in. Only do so if it’s your number once choice, and if you were to get into every school you applied to, you would still choose Dartmouth. Basically, I think the acceptance rates are inflated because of the ‘almost assured’ recruited athletes, skewing the acceptance rate average. Even for non-athletes, the students who apply tend to self-select and most likely be wealthier (wealthier students are on average more qualified/ have higher stats). So, all I can definitively say is that applying ED wont decrease your chances. I think that if you are definitely on the edge, applying ED would give you a tip. Also, based off of purely anecdotal data, from my High school in the past four years, our ED acceptance rate to Dartmouth and RD acceptance rate were exactly the same. Make of this what you will.</p>