Just a secret about SCEA and deferrals

cadillac
Sun, 27 Dec 2009 00:33:22 +0000

Does Yale really only accept 1300 students? I remember reading somewhere the number was around 2000, so that would leave 800, not 100 students left to admit, granted this 500 students thing is true.

Anyway, why would a higher EA rate, but lower RD rate affect Yale’s ranking? The overall acceptance should remain constant, and after people see the boost in EA acceptances, they will want to apply, brining Yale’s acceptance rate down again. Of course, by moving people to the RD pile, they affect the acceptance rate by a smaller margin… so maybe that’s why?