just curious, how important is it to apply SCEA v. RD

jj43912
Sat, 09 Jan 2010 12:02:59 +0000

My counselor urged me to apply SCEA because it shows the school that they are your number one choice, but I wanted to work on my essays more. Then my good friend from school told me there is a higher acceptance rate for EA in general. Is this true?

I ended up applying RD and now I feel a little nervous. I mean honestly more people are probably accepted EA because more people that are extremely confident apply early. Also, I heard that if you application isn’t the strongest, it’s best to apply RD so you don’t get wedged between someone who wrote a book and someone who won then national science fair or something.

Stanford is my dream school! Please give any ideas…