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<p>Of course, it is. The benefits of an ED admissions boost comes with the opportunity cost of a binding commitment. Why else would rational students freely and willingly agree to restrict their choice (of enrollment, if accepted) to one school only?</p>
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<p>It is well known that Stanford is less numbers-oriented and more holistic than the ivies. With a 7% acceptance rate and a 70% yield rate, you don’t think Stanford could admit and enroll higher SAT scores if it so desired? Furthermore, SAT scores are only tangentially related to prestige, selectivity, desirability, etc. For example, 4 out of 5 Stanford-Columbia cross-admits choose Stanford:</p>
<p>[The</a> New York Times > Week in Review > Image > Collegiate Matchups: Predicting Student Choices](<a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2006/09/17/weekinreview/20060917_LEONHARDT_CHART.html]The”>The New York Times > Week in Review > Image > Collegiate Matchups: Predicting Student Choices)</p>