<p>^^ that may be true, but I suspect that the dynamics of choosing kids in the RD pool is different than choosing them from the waitlist. In the RD pool, you are balancing out the class inclusive of people who may actually reject the college, and so the college needs to cast a wider net. By the time the waitlist rolls round, the class has basically been formed as so the net is much, much finer and the adcoms works to add a drop of paint here and there to the class. Thus, I argue that you are better off being in the RD pool for consideration as your application will be read with a broader view (thus the SCEAs should be begged to drop out!) than you are in the waitlist pool, where you really have to hit some specific missing element in the class.</p>