<p>I think the early action acceptance rate is 18%. The regular decision acceptance rate is about 8 or 7%. (last year’s data)</p>
<p>The lower acceptance rate can be attributed to a huge amount of incredible students applying who have already been accepted early to schools like harvard, princeton, stanford, mit, caltech, etc…</p>
<p>At the same time, however, you get a lot of students applying who simply aren’t qualified. Hence the low acceptance rate. Overall, I still think it’s harder to get in regular…</p>