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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Would this not help the yield if the universities could be more intelligent in knowing if they are OR are not being treated as a safety? Would it also not help the kids to have universities fight for them when they see direct competitors on the list?

P.S. I know this is not likely to happen - please look at this as a fun question to ponder :)[/quote]

I believe the HBCU common app does something that might interest those of us who have fun pondering these things: they allow (or require?) students to rank their top four schools. And the schools can see if/where they were ranked. So a school can have a policy like only giving merit to students who rank them in the top 4. It’s like a much softer version of ED, with four schools (instead of one) and no commitment, but still allowing students to signal “hey, you’re one of my top choices.”

If the common app adopted a similar ranking system for RD apps, that could help schools predict yield, and cut back on applications, without introducing a strict cap. [/quote]

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