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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Williams ED gives no boost over RD (RD admissions rate is higher for unhooked applicants) because only 1 ED round, 1/3 of class is athletes, and then there’s Questbridge etc.

Nobody unhooked should be applying ED to Williams.

Of course, nobody unhooked should be applying to SCEA schools at this point either. And yet…[/quote]

Oh yeah, no one should be applying ED to Williams when the acceptance rate is 27% and 943 applicants.  Instead you should wait until RD when the acceptance rate is 9.8% and there are 10,315 applicants.  Makes perfect sense.[/quote]

Subtract out the athletes and other priority applicants and then redo the math.[/quote]

I have "redone" the math.  You have not.  Clearly.

And I've done plenty of research about the benefits of ED (summary: it benefits the college more but also benefits the applicant).

If Williams or any other ED school is your [b]clear first choice[/b], and you can [b]afford the costs[/b] as per the NPC, and you do not apply ED you are making acceptance much more difficult.

Williams is need blind, but if your ED choice is need aware and you are full pay it is an even bigger benefit.

Don't take my word for it. Read a book on elite college admissions or one specifically on early admissions.  Talk to an elite admissions officer (current or former).[/quote]
Show us the math — or begone with ye.[/quote]

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