It is the time of the early when Early Decision, Early Action, and Restrictive Early Action admissions have come out. Here are the number of applicants and percentage acceptances for some of the top universities:
It is important to note some trends and misunderstandings that exist around the early application process.
It is true that for most schools (asides from Brown University and Princeton University) there is a noticeable increase in percentage of acceptances to the respective schools. This can be attributed to the fact that most of the increase in percentage is due to a drop in the number of students who are applying to these schools under the early application process. It is also important to point out that only two schools in this list had an increase in the number of applicants from year 2018 to 2019 (Brown University and Cornell University), both of which implement the Early Decision admissions practice. Most of the universities (asides from Cornell University) have not significantly changed the number of students that they accepted in the early application, only differing by around 50 applicants.
It is important to dismiss some of the myths that people have around the early application process. The general assumption is that for the Restrictive Early Action and Early Action, it increases the chance that a student gets accepted, as here is a quick example of this:
It may seem that automatically, it is obvious that students have a better chance during Restrictive Early Action v. Regular Action (13.4% v. 4.5%), but this is a false assumption. Many times, stronger applicants who come from higher income background or are legacy students tend to apply for the early application process, skewing the numbers to seem as if Early Action or Restrictive Early Action increases the chance of acceptance. While this may be the case, it is important to distinguish Early Action / Restrictive Early Action from Early Decision applicants. Here is another example to view:
In this instance, Cornell’s admitted students for its Early Decision process has a decently sizeable acceptance pool in comparison to the Regular Action. While it is hard to say if it is significant enough to impact chances for a student getting admitted, it is assumed to be so due to the nature of Early Decision. Once a student applies Early Decision, they must commit to the school that they applied early (which also entails other factors that come into play, including a reduced financial aid package).
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