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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This list should have three sections. First, all schools that have ED1 and ED2, with their yields. Second schools that offer only one ED round and their yields and third schools that do not offer any EDs and their yield. It will also be useful to know what percentage of students are taken via binding decision. I think Chicago takes close to 90% ED1 and ED2.[/quote]
No, it goes like this:
ED1 and ED2
ED1 only, SCEA, and in-state apps to state universities (a built in yield)
Georgetown and Notre Dame EA
Unrestricted EA but don’t tell you by XMas (in time to apply ED2)
Unrestricted EA and they tell you by XMas
No EA but rolling
No EA at all, no rolling, RD only[/quote]

You cannot put SCEA on the same level as ED. SCEA is not binding. The main differentiation is between binding and non-binding.[/quote]
Disagree. We are talking about impact on overall yield, not what binds particular applicants. SCEA forces a first choice amongst the very top schools in the country. It is a yield mechanism. That way Harvard is not being picked over Stanford and vice versa. It is equivalent to ED in yield impact because, while the occasional SCEA admit won’t yield, it also handcuffs applicants more — not less — than ED, which allows EA applicants to also apply early to private schools. Indeed, for that reason, SCEA might even be more restrictive, in terms of yield outcomes, than a school with only one ED round. That would argue for putting SCEA on an even higher level.

Certainly SCEA is not on a lower level, as Notre Dame and Georgetown EA. Notre Dame and Georgetown place no restrictions on EA applications whatsoever.
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NP. You are wrong. SCEA is not binding. You are free to apply and accept other schools. It's not the same as ED, which is binding -- 100% yield.[/quote]
Reading comprehension is your friend: binding is not the point; what is relevant is the impact of these decision plans on yield. But even your SCEA
characterization is incorrect: SCEA binds applicants because it determines where they can and cannot apply.[/quote]

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