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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Blah, blah, blah from the rich person trying to justify her privilege. ED needs to go because of the privilege it affords rich people (the ED admits are definitely lower quality admits). It also shows desperation on the part of the schools. Which is why truly elite schools like Harvard Princeton, Yale, mit, Caltech, Stanford don’t do it.

All of which is irrelevant to OP’s assertion. Her kid is anxious and it sounds like she is, too. None of that is the result of ED.[/quote]

Many top schools are/may be going back to ED because enrollment has dropped and they want to lock-in new student enrollment.[/quote]

It's a win for the schools as well.  Ultimately, they are a business. Their goal is to put X seats (with out going over by too much, and definately not going under) in the freshman class that matriculates in Aug/Sept.  They want the best variety/best class possible by their definitions.  Accepting 50%+ from ED1/ED2 makes RD and yield management much easier to achieve.

Harvard deferrs 75-80% of their Early admissions (whatever the hell it's called).  That makes yield management extremely easy.  Would love to see stats on how many accepted in RD were from the "deferred group"---because you can just about guarantee a 90-95% matriculation rate from that group
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