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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here-- thanks-- that makes a lot of sense that ED  could, or average, have lower scores, but those kids could have hooks that are important to the school.  If you don't have a hook, maybe you really don't have any better luck with admission than you would with RD.  [/quote]

If your kid has a strong preference and you can financially commit, applying ED signals to the school that it's your first choice which might tip the scales in a later round. [b]Selective schools care about yield and admitting students that they are pretty sure will enroll.[/b]

Anecdotes are not data, but two strong students in my [b]DC's friend group deferred in the ED round[/b] where they applied (no hooks) and both wound up being accepted RD - one to Swarthmore, one to Duke. [/quote]

ED is binding, so it isn't a matter of being pretty sure. An ED applicant is committing to enrollment, so yield in ED is 100% regardless. The other 94% for the most selective schools is due to the chum of RD.[/quote]

ED is not binding when you are deferred -- so yield on deferred ED applicants is NOT 100%.[/quote]

Deferred is not acceptance. If you are accepted at ED, it is binding. Thus, 100% of applicants accepted at ED will matriculate.[/quote]

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