<p>I actually applied to three schools “early”. I heard back from UMich Thursday, UofI Friday, and Stanford Friday. I’m pretty sure you can still do that. So there are exceptions.</p>
<p>Yeah I pretty much agree with you guys about the difference between RD and EA, but I gotta believe that there would be a couple cases where the decision would be different. I think at least the arbitrary factor of someone reading your holistic application would contribute one or two. Like I heard a rumor where an adcom rejected someone from Buffalo because he/she got food poisoning from Buffalo wings the other night. </p>
<p>-Adcoms are people.
-people can change drastically over the course of one day, let alone a few months.
-thus, adcoms’ “condition” may change over the course of a few months.
-adcoms make decisions.
-decisions are affected by the person’s “condition”.
-Therefore, decisions can change over the course of a few months.
QED?</p>
<p>lolz I’m such a weirdo.</p>