Is EA used as a yield protection tool?

Have_faith143
Sat, 21 Jan 2023 06:35:49 +0000

I think that schools (there are a few) that don’t reject but defer all or high percentage of apps that are not accepted in EA have some incentive to do this - to falsely create a low admit rate since all the deferred apps are now counted in regular decision number of apps, same admission class size- would result in lower admit percentages, making their school seem ultra competitive to get in than it really is and prob also plays into the ranking calculations. When you have over 40,000 apps in EA and defer all or most of the apps, it’s highly unlikely they re-review all of them again on top of having to review all the new apps they get for RD.

While there are other schools -including many top schools that do not defer most of their EA but actually do deny apps that will not be accepted during RD. But only really defer the ones that have a chance to get in after mid year reports are submitted and/or comparing them to the rest of the Rd pool.