Is EA more random than RD?

Colleges & Universities Stanford University
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<p>I’ve heard rumors on CC that Stanford generally tends to reject more really qualified applicants and accept more less qualified applicants EA than RD, is this true to some degree?</p>

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<p>Stanford uses EA the same way many selective U’s do- to scoop up WOW’s[ walk on water kids], recruited athletes, professors kids, DA’s, qualified legacies, etc etc. They accept a mixture of highly qualified and perhaps not quite so qualified students during both rounds.</p>

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<p>If you’re a qcompetitive student but not one of those shoe-ins but have S as your first choice, is it still wise to apply EA?</p>

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<p>WHO KNOWS? That is the question that so many would like have answered , and which no one [ outside of admissions] actually has the answer. Stanford doesnt care AT ALL if they are your first choice, so if there are other colleges that do give weight to a show of interest[ via an early application], then you are probably wiser to play your early card elsewhere.</p>

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<p>So they don’t really play the yield game in terms of guessing who will come if admitted?</p>

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<p>its not a game- its a guesstimate. A couple of years ago there were more acceptances than they had anticipated and it created havoc, both with where to house the additional students, as well as causing a reduction in the number of students that Stanford could accept the following year. If it was easy to figure out how many students would say "yes " it would be a lot easier for all.</p>

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<p>I find it interesting to look at the cross-admit yield graph with Harvard, Yale, Princeton, MIT though I’m not sure to what extent that’s considered.</p>

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<p>can you post a link to that graph? there is a current discussion on the parents forum about cross admits/ yields at “elite” colleges. Thanks in advance.</p>

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<p>Here’s a website that addresses that: [College</a> Cross-Admit Comparison: Harvard University vs Yale University | Parchment - College admissions predictions.](<a href=“Compare Colleges: Side-by-side college comparisons | Parchment - College admissions predictions.”>Compare Colleges: Side-by-side college comparisons | Parchment - College admissions predictions.)
Not sure how accurate that is though</p>

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<p><a href=“http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jdI0Wl7_OvQ/TLhTOCSeRBI/AAAAAAAAAG0/eH9OEZt6i8g/s1600/HYPSM_cross-admits_2002-2010.bmp[/url]”>http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jdI0Wl7_OvQ/TLhTOCSeRBI/AAAAAAAAAG0/eH9OEZt6i8g/s1600/HYPSM_cross-admits_2002-2010.bmp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Oh yeah, I saw that awhile ago.</p>

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<p>menloparkmom:
can you please post the link to the discussion on the parents forum talking about cross-admits…tried looking for it, and wasn’t too succesful</p>

<p>trish</p>