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

seekingcollege12
Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:32:01 +0000

Three of the admissions officers that I spoke to told me that there is no disadvantage to applying EDII rather than EDI (I’m applying EDII so that I can send in my first semester senior year grades, which were outstanding). However, I remember reading somewhere that the acceptance rate was significantly lower for the second early decision deadline. Have I been receiving skewed/inaccurate information about EDII? Or am I merely interpreting it wrongly?