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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Whether ED offer an advantage at LACs is a tricky subject because it's hard to disaggregate the ED data when things like recruited athletes, Questbridge, FGLI, academically stronger ED pools, etc. are factored in. But, I think that as a general rule of thumb, the advantage of ED at LACs is a sliding scale from the least advantageous at the very most selective schools and the most advantageous in the 10-30 ranking zone. It's obvious advice, but it bears noting.

No advantage:
WASP

Small advantage:
Bowdoin (when we visited the AO said ED doesn't offer any advantage, but Bowdoin still considers demonstrated interest, so ED must have some small advantage)
Wellesley - Big advantage
Carleton - Big advantage
CMC

Big advantage:
Midd - No advantage
Wesleyan - - No advantage
Grinnell -- No advantage
Most LACs ranked 10-30[/quote]

I think this is a good list. But I would create a special, “disadvantage” category for Amherst and Williams. 
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Frankly no advantage for Grinnell, Midd as 50% of ed are athletes. Carleton, Wellesley, yes as their athlete % is a bit lower than others

https://xfactoradmissions.com/basic-guide-to-college-admissions/total-ncaa-athletes-at-the-top-colleges
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Let’s break this down for Midd using real data, from official sources.

Midd has 706 varsity athletes (source: https://ope.ed.gov/athletics/#/institution/details). So assume they are accepting 175 in each class—hell, let’s say 200, just to be generous.

For the class of 2028, they accepted 425 students in ED (source: https://www.middlebury.edu/announcements/announcements/2024/02/inclusive-admissions-and-incoming-class-update).

So even if every single one of the 200 athletes (probably a high number) was accepted in ED, that’s still not 50%. And not every athlete is accepted ED. Let’s figure 80% are accepted ED; that’s 38% of ED offers. And if you use the more conservative (and likely more accurate) 175 number for varsity athletes admitted per class, that’s only 33% of ED offers to athletes.[/quote]

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