Anonymous
Post 12/19/2025 15:57     Subject: This year's ED gets harder at certain colleges. It may be due to the change in policy.
Anonymous wrote:UVA ED was harder at our school than year’s past.


Our nova public had typical UVA results
Anonymous
Post 12/19/2025 15:53     Subject: This year's ED gets harder at certain colleges. It may be due to the change in policy.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My friend's kid's fairly small private school got 3-4 in ED to Rice. Normally not a feeder. I think one might have had a hook.

Questbridge in theory is fine but has grown out of control.


What were the stats that got those kids into Rice?


No clue. They saw it on the school's IG.
Anonymous
Post 12/19/2025 15:50     Subject: This year's ED gets harder at certain colleges. It may be due to the change in policy.
Anonymous wrote:My friend's kid's fairly small private school got 3-4 in ED to Rice. Normally not a feeder. I think one might have had a hook.

Questbridge in theory is fine but has grown out of control.


What were the stats that got those kids into Rice?
Anonymous
Post 12/19/2025 15:38     Subject: This year's ED gets harder at certain colleges. It may be due to the change in policy.
UVA ED was harder at our school than year’s past.
Anonymous
Post 12/19/2025 15:27     Subject: Re:This year's ED gets harder at certain colleges. It may be due to the change in policy.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Brown was harder than last year, 500 more applicants and fewer admitted.


Except Brown took many from the waitlist, so not really.


Last year was atypical, normally a very small number off waitlist. Not sure why their numbers were off that led to that.
Anonymous
Post 12/19/2025 15:21     Subject: This year's ED gets harder at certain colleges. It may be due to the change in policy.
Our private got at least one into Cornell, that is pretty typical. Will be a few more in spring.
Anonymous
Post 12/19/2025 15:17     Subject: Re:This year's ED gets harder at certain colleges. It may be due to the change in policy.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Brown was harder than last year, 500 more applicants and fewer admitted.


Except Brown took many from the waitlist, so not really.


Nobody knows this year. It’s only ED. My kid’s year they took only 15 WL
Anonymous
Post 12/19/2025 15:15     Subject: Re:This year's ED gets harder at certain colleges. It may be due to the change in policy.
Anonymous wrote:Brown was harder than last year, 500 more applicants and fewer admitted.


Except Brown took many from the waitlist, so not really.
Anonymous
Post 12/19/2025 15:10     Subject: Re:This year's ED gets harder at certain colleges. It may be due to the change in policy.
Brown was harder than last year, 500 more applicants and fewer admitted.
Anonymous
Post 12/19/2025 15:07     Subject: This year's ED gets harder at certain colleges. It may be due to the change in policy.
Anonymous wrote:Questbridge is not ED. Two separate processes.


True but I think the schools consider it in terms of how many spots they allocate to early vs RD round
Anonymous
Post 12/19/2025 15:07     Subject: This year's ED gets harder at certain colleges. It may be due to the change in policy.
This year is def a full pay = advantage year whether ED, EA, RD. Budgets are hurting due to maggot infestations.
Anonymous
Post 12/19/2025 15:06     Subject: This year's ED gets harder at certain colleges. It may be due to the change in policy.
My friend's kid's fairly small private school got 3-4 in ED to Rice. Normally not a feeder. I think one might have had a hook.

Questbridge in theory is fine but has grown out of control.
Anonymous
Post 12/19/2025 15:05     Subject: This year's ED gets harder at certain colleges. It may be due to the change in policy.
It's the best year in recent memory at many top privates.
Anonymous
Post 12/19/2025 15:03     Subject: This year's ED gets harder at certain colleges. It may be due to the change in policy.
Questbridge is not ED. Two separate processes.
Anonymous
Post 12/19/2025 15:01     Subject: This year's ED gets harder at certain colleges. It may be due to the change in policy.
Take Rice as an example, ED1 round this year they took 30% Questbridge alone, "the largest [Questbridge] cohorts ever from those admission pools". Then there are other hooked applicants. Not so many seats left for unhooked applicants.

I think Cornell may be doing the same. We got zero ED admit this year to Cornell. Unusual.
https://news.rice.edu/news/2025/joy-surprise-and-tears-rice-welcomes-record-early-decision-class-2030-0

Better chance at RD?