How common or rare is it for top kids to get shutout during RD due to yield management?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If a student fits the profile of kids who got into T10 from the same high school, but this year the SCEA school this student wants to apply to is taking recruited athletes/donor legacy instead, what are the risks that the unconnected top stats candidate will then get rejected everywhere during RD?

I think it's common for their parents to blame yield protection, anyway. It makes them feel better and is easier to wrap their had around than the possibility that their prodigy just wasn't good enough to gain admission.