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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You would think that the schools having ED1 and ED2 would discourage many RD applicants from applying. But I looked it up. Every single one received more applications last year than the year before. [/quote] But isn’t basically every school getting more applications? More kids, more kids going to college, and more anxiety about low admissions rates all leads to a lot more applications. The ED and EA stuff is genius for the schools thought — Pitt gets a ton of applications mainly because kids want to have one in the pocket before holidays. I think northeastern also benefits from this. It’s also crazy to me how all the college counselors suggest northeastern — it’s so rampant I’d suspect kickbacks except that I think it’s more just that 5 years ago it was a good safety/target but they’ve overhyped it so much that the admit rate is now really low. It’s all just a crazy irrational market that is totally non transparent and filled with under informed consumers (through no fault of their own — it’s just impossible to really know what you’re buying). The med school match system might make more sense -/ I don’t know. My kid got in ED to top choice but I am not looking forward to doing this insanity again in 3 years.[/quote] pitt is genius with their rolling admissions. It benefits them greatly! Everyone wants a strong Safety/target acceptance in hand early on, especially for kids in STEM. I'm sure it makes yield management an issue, but it gives them a strong group of applications from which to select[/quote]
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