Has Wake seen a drastic increase in ED applications?

TAce77
Thu, 13 Dec 2007 23:02:04 +0000

I was just reading an article that discussed the dramatic increase in ED/EA applications at top schools in the US. Notre Dame saw a 30% increase, Georgetown 50%, etc…
I was curious as to whether anyone has heard about Wake’s ED numbers. It is a binding plan, but it seems as though more and more kids are willing to accept that agreement. Kind of interesting to see how things have changed these past few years, with more and more kids becoming competitive in the applicant pools. It seems as though many seemingly qualified applicants on this board have been deferred from ED this year. Not exactly a good way to evaluate things because of the sample space, I know, but it seemed interesting, especially how Wake’s admission numbers have “jumped” over the years, from 47%-39-43, etc…

Is Wake quickly moving from “more selective” to “most selective” school, or is there just an unusually large # or applicants this year? What are your thoughts?