<p>What I realized is that a lot of the people who applied RD this year were really great students with high ACT/ SAT scores who also applied to places like Caltech, MIT, Stanford, etc, and used Rice as a backup. Well, a lot of them got into their top choices, and Rice, but chose not to go to Rice. So people like that will be using up your acceptance, and not end up going anyway. Acceptances are… “nontransferable,” so if you’re one of those 34 ACT, 2400 SAT people, go for RD. If your more 30 ACT, 2070 SAT, ED may be better.</p>