RD / ED admission profiles at Yale and/or other top ranked schools

Colleges & Universities Yale University
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<p>is there a substantial difference between the profiles students admitted EA-ED compared to those admitted RD? Or are they all admitted with exactly the same criteria, with very similar profiles and academic records and achievements</p>

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<p>The general trend, they say, is that the EA/ED applications are statistically a bit stronger than RD apps, because the people that apply EA/ED are intent on that particular school and not just throwing applications to the wind. However, you also have to realize that an EA/ED pool could be like 3,000 people, while an RD pool could be around 20,000. The idea is that the people that are most confident in their applications (best scores, good grades, etc.) apply early.</p>

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Of course they would say that.</p>

<p><a href=“http://ksgnotes1.harvard.edu/research/wpaper.nsf/32181f04b09f9d158525694d001bc47d/e1f336568ceb374885256b27006cdbfd/$FILE/early%20application%20summary%20paper.doc[/url]”>http://ksgnotes1.harvard.edu/research/wpaper.nsf/32181f04b09f9d158525694d001bc47d/e1f336568ceb374885256b27006cdbfd/$FILE/early%20application%20summary%20paper.doc&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Of course, the paper <em>is</em> several years old, and admissions is always changing. The removal of yield from US News rankings has significantly impacted ED/EA admissions since that paper was published. Nevertheless, it is quite clear that applying ED gives an edge (EA less so, if at all).</p>