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If it worked the way you hypothesize, schools would ask EA acceptees to decide as soon as possible.  But they don't. That's the whole point of EA as opposed ED.

It is fine for kids to take their time with offers. They aren't hurting anybody and they earned it.[/quote]

But it's still the case that the school can't offer the slot to anybody else until the EA admit gives it up. And that no school in the history of schools has ever forecasted yield down to the exact acceptance and decline.  Why is this so hard to understand?????[/quote]

There is no "slot."  Colleges overaccept, usually by a lot, like a factor of 2-10.   If a student declines an offer early, there are typically still thousands of kids left in the accepted pool for that "slot." If the college started accepting new students as accepted students declined their offers, the college's accepted pool would stay constant and come May 1st, they'd have way too many acceptees.

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Simple math. If some kids decline EA slots, more kids will get regular decision (RD) offers.[/quote]

Can't tell if this is serious or meant to be a joke.  [/quote]

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