<p>To what extent does ED benefit an unhooked applicant (no legacy, athletic recruitment, or URM--unless Asian is for LAC).</p>
<p>The ED acceptance rate is about twice the regular rate, but I'd guess this figure would be statistically skewed because of the large number of legacies, donors, and athletes that are encouraged to apply only ED. </p>
<p>The only benefits I can think of by applying ED are--
--guarantee of yield (for them)
--guarantee of absolute interest (for them)
--my application being read amongst a smaller pool, thus more attention.</p>
<p>I'm pretty confident that Amherst is my first choice, but want to know how beneficial ED is for someone not coming with hooks.</p>