Where Early Decision (or Restrictive Early Action) Matters in College Admissions

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[SlackrGnius]

I know that UChicago doesn't release their early and regular admissions rates but the advantage of applying early to UChicago especially ED1 is huge, more than any other T20.

[michaeln.]

It all comes down to what you bring to the table. I fully believe that all the tricks in the world won't matter if you don't have enough to offer.

[janewright]

Thank you for the video. I would be curious as to the difference between Early Action vs Early Decision. Major downside of the early decision is that it's impossible to have the option to compare potential financial aid.

[antoinecdc]

Good video - real substance as opposed to the usual, pretty descriptive explanations of what ED is and how it works.

[ChloeReynolds-zhjt]

I would submit to you that ED for a smaller school like Dartmouth, for example, is skewed with the amount of recruited student-athletes in the mix. Around 25% in that early pool are recruited athletes. The school only takes around 1, 200 in their entire first year class. 15% of those ED are also children of Dartmouth alumni legacies as well. That is a good chunk of those numbers.

[ridaali]

Please make a trasnfer advice, updated acceptance transfer rate, which colleges to apply to and application help. We have very limited resources. Please help

[stefanos]

I realize that it depends on the college, but FWIW, if you are an international student seeking FA you might want to have a look at what Wesleyan says: “While Wesleyan does not prohibit international citizens applying for financial aid from applying in either round of Early Decision, please note that due to the highly selective nature of our selection process for those students, it is unlikely that we will offer an international citizen seeking financial aid admission in Early Decision. Most Early Decision applicants who are international citizens seeking financial aid will be deferred to the Regular Decision round for consideration with the entire applicant pool.”

Brooke, I really like your videos, they are so clear and honest and to the point and helpful. :)

[privateuser]

I applied to our local community school with a 3.75 33 ACT and was denied...of course I graduated HS 30 years ago

[pedrog]

How can you know where you have a realistic chance to be accepted?

[jinlee]

Hi Brooke. Wondering if you believe legacy admissions will continue for the next decade.

[Redjanuary]

Columbia sucks for ED intl students who need aid. They say they wanna compare the whole global applicant pool. I was really heartbroken.

[ramjigovindarajan]

The EA/ED also includes athletes. Any discussion on higher chances during EA/ED shud take out data on athletes and no such data is available. So it's more hyped and pointless to talk abt this topic (without adequate data on athletes and other "hook" applicants like legacy).

[Gmoney-ogwj]

Brooke,
For a long time my dream school has been Notre Dame, so obviously apply early but my main question has more to do with my high school.
In your experience, do students from good private schools, in particular good private AND catholic schools such as the one I go to have a leg up in their admissions process?

[jimnguyen.]

Submitted my Cornell ED hoping for the best T-T

Edited: Rejected

[sophea]

Should you apply ED if your GPA is lower? I want to apply to Cornell Hotel School ED next year.

[DavidLee-cogp]

Can you tell me whether ED2 matters and by how much? I'm particularly interested in Claremont McKenna.

[fchscheer]

Any advice for those applying to UGA regarding ED?

[t.s]

Kinda sucks that Stanford REA has no advantage

[sebastiancadena]

do students who apply ed get less money than ea?