Why does cmu have lower acceptance % at ed?

midwesterner
Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:59:00 +0000

They have an odd policy where you can only apply to one of the colleges through ED, but, if rejected, you can apply to others in RD. I think this skews the acceptances - the ED’s may tend to be concentrated in the most competitive colleges, and reflect those overall accceptance rates. The deferrals are all allocated as RD acceptances, even though some may have applied to one college ED. You just can’t compare it to systems that are more straightforward.