Princeton or Williams for premed?

ucbalumnus
Wed, 27 Oct 2021 00:55:35 +0000

EyeVeee:

So given the limitations of EA applications that go with Princeton’s app, how many people would you imagine get accepted EA at Princeton, and then apply someplace else? I’d guess maybe a handful per year?

As I said before, for all intents and purposes, given the limitations on applying elsewhere, EA at Princeton might as well be ED. You get in, before applying anywhere else, you HAVE to go!

It would not be surprising if many Princeton (SC)EA applicants also applied EA to public universities that had them, or early to rolling admissions schools, in order to try to get an early safety in the case they do not get admitted to Princeton. It is not like they apply to Princeton (SC)EA and nowhere else until knowing the Princeton result. While yield is high, it probably is not as high as for ED admits at schools which use ED, since some may have changed their first choice between applying to Princeton (SC)EA and April/May.