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
Carleton
CMC

Big advantage:
Midd
Wesleyan
Grinnell
Most LACs ranked 10-30

Anonymous wrote:huge difference maker at Vandy.

For SLACs, I think Bowdoin and Midd both offer advantage.

Bowdoin? Really? ED 17.6% RD 6.4%. The higher ED rates are from legacy, athletes, etc.
I think someone did a calculation for Bowdoin in an older post. No advantage to ED at Bowdoin.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That's dog crap. Acceptance rate at Davidson jumps from 14% (RD) to 35% (ED). Bates from 13% to 42%. Bucknell from 29% to 50%.

ED can make a huge difference at many selective LACs.

Your stats are dog crap. More than 70% of the ED admitted are athletes.

PP is absolutely right.

Which school?
Williams? Yes.
Davidson? No.

Davidson is a D1 school, they will have move athletes than Williams.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That's dog crap. Acceptance rate at Davidson jumps from 14% (RD) to 35% (ED). Bates from 13% to 42%. Bucknell from 29% to 50%.

ED can make a huge difference at many selective LACs.

Your stats are dog crap. More than 70% of the ED admitted are athletes.

PP is absolutely right.

Not true for the Claremont consortium, because the athletes are split between the 5 schools.
Nuance is not the OP's strong suit.

Look up the title, I said "In general".

Anonymous wrote:Not true. Students with near perfect stats are rejected RD.

Analysis! Analysis! Analysis!

There is something called yield protection. If you have near perfect stats and you RD at a middling LAC, of course they are going to reject you!

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't advise people EDing at a LAC unless that school is his absolute first choice.
There are a number of schools where ED makes a real difference. These include Chicago, Northwestern, and Duke.

Please! Don't ED at LACs. If you really prefer LACs, and you don't have a dream school, just RD so that you are not limited to one single choice. When you have acceptance from several LACs, your kid can then compare and visit to make a decision.

don't listen to this idiot.

Anonymous wrote:Not true. It makes a huge difference, obvious in our school’s naviance data. ONLY students who apply ED get into Midd, for example. Students with near perfect stats are rejected RD. There are many schools like this. From our school these students admitted ED are almost never athletes.

Same at our private.

Not true. It makes a huge difference, obvious in our school’s naviance data. ONLY students who apply ED get into Midd, for example. Students with near perfect stats are rejected RD. There are many schools like this. From our school these students admitted ED are almost never athletes.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That's dog crap. Acceptance rate at Davidson jumps from 14% (RD) to 35% (ED). Bates from 13% to 42%. Bucknell from 29% to 50%.

ED can make a huge difference at many selective LACs.

Your stats are dog crap. More than 70% of the ED admitted are athletes.

PP is absolutely right.

Not true for the Claremont consortium, because the athletes are split between the 5 schools.
Nuance is not the OP's strong suit.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That's dog crap. Acceptance rate at Davidson jumps from 14% (RD) to 35% (ED). Bates from 13% to 42%. Bucknell from 29% to 50%.

ED can make a huge difference at many selective LACs.

Your stats are dog crap. More than 70% of the ED admitted are athletes.

PP is absolutely right.

Which school?
Williams? Yes.
Davidson? No.

Anonymous wrote:That's dog crap. Acceptance rate at Davidson jumps from 14% (RD) to 35% (ED). Bates from 13% to 42%. Bucknell from 29% to 50%.

ED can make a huge difference at many selective LACs.

Your stats are dog crap. More than 70% of the ED admitted are athletes.

PP is absolutely right.

The data here might be helpful to you.

ED at the RIGHT SLAC can be beneficial. Blanket statements like yours show how old and outdated your thinking is.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/1ggxd55/schools_with_the_biggest_and_smallest_relative_ed/

huge difference maker at Vandy.

For SLACs, I think Bowdoin and Midd both offer advantage.

That's dog crap. Acceptance rate at Davidson jumps from 14% (RD) to 35% (ED). Bates from 13% to 42%. Bucknell from 29% to 50%.

ED can make a huge difference at many selective LACs.

I wouldn't advise people EDing at a LAC unless that school is his absolute first choice.
There are a number of schools where ED makes a real difference. These include Chicago, Northwestern, and Duke.

Please! Don't ED at LACs. If you really prefer LACs, and you don't have a dream school, just RD so that you are not limited to one single choice. When you have acceptance from several LACs, your kid can then compare and visit to make a decision.