@Sam-I-Am Yeah, you are a bit misinformed. Having gone through the process, I know that the accepted rate of MIT student athletes goes from the normal 7% to ~33% (and from the swim coach himself, he says about 50% of supported swimmers get accepted). Obviously not LL or NESCAC guarantee, but much better than a shot in the dark. Mudd’s coach said that ED1 would be a bit better than ED2, and he already talked to the committee and while he can’t guarantee anything, he said that I have “strong chances”, especially given that this is my 2nd time applying and this time ED.
I’m just trying to decide if it’s worth it to wait from Cornell (where it’ll likely be a defer or reject) and do ED2 at Mudd, or just go all in with ED1 at Mudd. I’m not doing RD since I already have University of Toronto as an option, which is better than close to all state schools & most privates for engineering.