Yale Vs Stanford SCEA?

BigMike3541
Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:43:02 +0000

Can’t speak for Yale, but there is no strategic advantage to applying to Stanford early. The only benefit is finding out Stanford’s decision early.

I higher percentage of people are admitted to Stanford early than in RD, but thats also because more hot shots are applying early than in RD (Stanford talks about this openly).

So if Stanford is your number 1 choice and your application isn’t going to get any better by spending more time on essays or getting straight A’s on all of your first semester classes, then I’d suggest applying to Stanford early.