Is Early Decision way more competitive?

sk0116
Mon, 25 Sep 2006 18:17:28 +0000

For all the people saying that Early Decision is easier, you fail to realize that the number of applications each year has continued to rise and many people are assuming that to maximize their potential they should apply Early Decision. However, this also entails that more qualified people will be applying and thus Northwestern will have some slack when it comes to accepting the only very strong candidates. Thus, there seems to be no difference between ED and RD in this case.

At least, that’s what I make of this whole thing. I would condone applying ED unless you are 100% sure you want to go to this school and not simply to get an added boost. Defeats the purpose in my opinion and I hope schools begin to follow Harvard and Princeton’s lead.