How much harder is it to get in during the RD round?

<p>It depends on the year. But according to the chicago maroon(school news paper) their EA acceptance rate last year was about 13.4%. <a href=“Laureate discusses themes in contemporary poetry – Chicago Maroon”>Laureate discusses themes in contemporary poetry – Chicago Maroon; They’re overall acceptance rate was about 8.8%. So it’s hard but not impossible. I’ve heard that the school has received a smaller number of applications this year than they expected (only by a few hundred though) so I’m not sure how this years numbers are going to compare. If you don’t mind me asking why didn’t you apply EA? At my school applying early was really common but it seems like on the whole it’s not as common as I thought it was. Just curious</p>