<p>Its the season of miracles. Byerly and F. Scottie agree! For those who are curious, according to the Princeton Website the ED rate for the class of 2009 was 29% (593 of 599) compared to this years 27% (599 out of 2236). One suspects that whether the applicant pool had declined to 2,000 or increased to 3,000 Princeton still would have selected around 600 students ED. Clearly, despite statements by the university to the contrary, the ED applicants are competing against other ED applicants, not against an absolute standard applied to all applications regardless of whether they are submitted ED or RD. As for SCEA, let Princeton go head to head with HYS. Im sure Princeton will do just fine under SCEA, getting the mix of students it wants overall, even if it loses some individual students to its rivals in the process.</p>