Why is EDII Acceptance Rate so much lower than EDI's?

GreenwichGarcon
Tue, 06 Dec 2011 23:53:04 +0000

Well, ED acceptance rate hovers around 35%, so I would assume (yes this is a logical assumption, which may or may not be correct) that NYU will accept about this much from both the ED pools. HOWEVER, I bet that the EDII pool for this year will be significantly smaller than last year because of the lower acceptance rate of last year will scare off many seniors. (Again, a logical assumption, seeing that it is making you anxious, so I bet many people like you are feeling anxious as well.)

Provided that you are a good candidate for admissions, I would say that if NYU is your #1 school and that you will not need to compare financial aid packages of other schools you are accepted to (once accepted by NYU for EDII, they send you an estimated finaid package, and you have 1 month to accept/deny the decision. This won’t leave enough time, usually, to compare finaid offers of other schools.) I would apply EDII. Just a warning: NYU doesn’t give out that much financial aid in the form of scholarships/grants. Most (sometimes about 1/2, if you are lucky) is in loans. That said, if you are financially capable of paying for what is not covered in grants/scholarships or are willing to take out the loans, I would apply EDII. If you are not, and would rather compare the finaid offers of other schools, I would wait for RD. No matter what, if you are a student that they want, they will accept you, no matter if you are RD or EDI or EDII.

I hope that helps a little bit…