Who else is applying ED 1???

Papa_Chicken
Thu, 27 Dec 2012 09:35:06 +0000

hmmm- puzzling. With a 4% increase in ED1 apps, the ‘market’ has not -yet- responded negatively to the scandal, so the ED1 acceptance rate increase is purely a response from CMC admissions. 3 possibilities in my eyes- (1) with a new boss, they are simply changing their policy and getting in line with other schools that seem to lock in a larger percentage of their class early, (2) CMC admissions anticipates some fallout in RD, such as lower yield or less apps, that requires the ED1 acceptance rate increase response to protect their ranking; and (3) they received an exceptionally strong ED1 pool and had a hard time saying no. (Or some combo of these.)

Only #2 is a scandal response…we’ll never know, though! Good news for CMC (but not aspiring applicants) is that, so far, they’ve seen an increase in apps, indeed more of an ED1 app increase than their 5C compatriots Pomona & Scripps (from the NYT data.)