<p>Sure: there are tons more kids, including very qualified kids who were deferred, and kids who were accepted at EA schools and still chose to apply to other places (cough cough trophy hunting cough). Just kidding, I’m sure there are often financial reasons for that too. But yeah I would say that theres a whole mixed bag regular decision.
However, I don’t think the difference in competition is as pronounced at Yale as it would be at other schools, especially those that offer Early Decision.</p>