PrepScholar

OCTOBER 2, 2023

If you’ve been thinking about college applications, you might also be thinking about applying early. You’ve likely heard that early action applications are an option and that there are benefits to applying early. So let’s clear that up now.

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Great College Advice

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Inevitably, when I visit colleges and sit through their information sessions, a question comes from a concerned parent in the audience asking about the school’s acceptance rate (the number admitted divided by the number who applied) for Early Decision versus Regular Decision. How can this be? What does easier mean?

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Anna Ivey Consulting

AUGUST 20, 2023

I know there are a lot of you stressing about Early Decision deadlines and LSAT performance. Here’s my rule: Early Decision makes sense only if your profile is not expected to improve after the ED deadline. Caveat 2: You are allowed to have only one ED application pending at any one time.

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Excelsior Admissions Consulting

JANUARY 10, 2024

Although there has been some variability, more students are applying Early Decision or Restrictive Early Action to highly selective colleges resulting in even lower admission rates. Here is a summary of early admissions statistics for the Class of 2028. Duke’s ED applicant pool increased 28% for the Class of 2028.

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Top Tier Admissions

DECEMBER 16, 2024

One strategy that has gained attention in recent years is Early Decision 2 (ED 2). While many students are familiar with Early Decision 1, ED 2 offers a second chance at an early application, and it can be just as powerfulif not morewhen used strategically. WHAT IS EARLY DECISION 2?

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Top Tier Admissions

DECEMBER 11, 2023

If you were denied admission by your early round target school, you are not alone. for Early Decision 1) are reporting increasing numbers of early round applications. This in turn means record-low early decision (ED) acceptance rates. This makes early round outright denials more common.

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Top Tier Admissions

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

As college application season heats up, many high school seniors are navigating the exciting yet nerve-wracking process of applying to their dream schools. For those who have applied in the early rounds , many Early Decision 1 and Early Action deadlines are TODAY, while others, including Early Decision 2 deadlines extend into January.

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Ivy College Essay

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Early Decision Notification Dates: College Admissions Announcements Understanding Early Decision: Early Decision (ED) is a college application choice that allows students to apply to their preferred school early in their senior year, typically by November 1st.

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Ivy Central

MAY 17, 2023

The university received 10,512 applications and accepted 3091 students. Types of Admission The students can apply through the Early Decision and Regular Decision cycle. Early Decision I and Early Decision II is an opportunity for students to show that Wake Forest University is their number one choice.

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road2college

JULY 24, 2023

These include Early Decision (ED), Early Decision 2 (ED 2) and Early. The post Early Decision vs. Early Action: Ins and Outs, Pros and Cons, and How to Choose appeared first on Road2College. Students have admission options when applying to college.

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road2college

JULY 20, 2023

Early Decision 2 (ED 2). The post Exploring Early Decision 2: How It Works and Who Should Consider It appeared first on Road2College. Are you a student looking for a second chance to secure admission to a college?

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The Koppelman Group

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Compared to this, the Early Decision acceptance rate across Early Decision I and Early Decision II is comparatively generous at 16%. Swarthmore prioritizes applicants who prioritize them, and a high percentage of accepted first-years are accepted in the Early Decision rounds. Be ethical.

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The Koppelman Group

DECEMBER 4, 2024

In this post, we’re going to break down how to write a strong Early Decision II application to Harvey Mudd, but first let’s talk about why one should apply ED II at all. At most, though, it offers a more modest, but still important, leg up over Regular Decision competition. Now, let’s get into it. So, let’s do it.

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College Transitions

JANUARY 24, 2024

In the early 1990s, the University of Pennsylvania was struggling to keep up with their fellow Ivy League universities and found themselves frequently relegated to “back-up plan” status among the nation’s top students.

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Top Tier Admissions

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

With Early Decision deadlines in the rearview mirror, seniors are now turning their attention to their next round of applications. For others, the next big application deadline comes on December 2nd , when all applications to the University of California are due. While UC Riverside boasted a generous 76.4%

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Ivy Central

MARCH 22, 2023

Admission Acceptance Rate Columbia is known for its highly selective admissions process for the Class of 2025, Columbia received a record-high 60,551 applications and admitted 2,214 students for an acceptance rate of 3.6% Columbia students are not much bothered about sports or cheering on their team.

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The Koppelman Group

DECEMBER 14, 2024

In the words of Wake Forest, applying Early Decision II is the opportunity to show your interest in and commitment to us. That said, Wake Forest says that Early Decision applicants arent given preference in admissions. This is how to write a supplement (and more) that makes your application shine.

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North Star Admissions Consulting

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Why Campus Visits Matter On November 1st, the majority of early action and early decision college applications are due. For the next four weeks I will share college application tips to help the whole process run smoothly. Campus visits help you take advantage of important tools like early decision.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

In addition to being two of their toughest academic years, your child will be tasked with maximizing their standardized test scores, continuing to pursue high-impact extracurricular activities, securing recommendation letters, and working on their college applications by writing essay upon essay. Rather than include general advice (e.g., “Put

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Ivy Central

DECEMBER 21, 2022

When you apply to your top choice college in the early application round you will get one of three responses, accepted (yippee), rejected (boo) or deferred (what?). While being deferred is a disappointment it is also an opportunity to provide the admissions team with additional information that will strengthen your application.

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AdmissionSight

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Duke’s Early Decision acceptance rate for the Class of 2028 dropped to a record low of 12.9%, even as the school received its highest number of Early Decision applications in the last eight years. Out of 6,240 applicants, only 806 were accepted. Out of 54,191 applicants, only 2,790 secured a spot.

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Georgia Tech Admissions Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Do I understand even mentioning global warming may be a way to lose readership/followers/applicants? This is a huge application submission month, since many colleges have EA (Early Action) and ED (Early Decision) deadlines on or around October 15 and November 1. Final Checks Look over your entire application.

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The Koppelman Group

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Tufts does not publish their Early Decision-specific acceptance rate or include it in their Common Data Set filings, either. However, the overall acceptance rate is a mere 10% , and they receive over 30,000 applications annually. First, though, let’s look at what applying Early Decision offers you, an applicant, at Tufts.

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The Koppelman Group

DECEMBER 13, 2024

ED2 stands for Early Decision 2. Unlike ED1, ED2 doesnt actually happen early; instead, the deadline to apply is usually the same as the regular decision (in Middleburys case, on January 3). This often motivates schools to accept qualified candidates at a higher rate during ED rounds than during regular decision.

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Top Tier Admissions

JUNE 19, 2024

Like the other eight undergraduate institutions in the system, UCLA uses the UC Application (UC App) as its sole avenue of entry. The UC App opens on August 1 st each year (as does the Common App), and has an application deadline of November 30 th , with no opportunity for Early Action or Early Decision applications.

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The Koppelman Group

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Many great schools offer a second opportunity to apply early decision, and Pomona is one of them. ED2 (aka Early Decision 2) is much like the first ED round. Pomona asks applicants to write Three essays. Whatever story you tell here shouldnt appear or even be hinted at anywhere else in your application.

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Spark Admissions

JUNE 22, 2023

You’ve probably heard that it’s possible to apply to college early. But when you dug deeper, you found a lot more than “early decision” – you found Early Action, Early Decision I, Early Decision II, and something called Single Choice Early Action, whatever that is.

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North Star Admissions Consulting

APRIL 27, 2023

For the class of 2027, applications were up more than 20% at the most selective schools – so it’s no surprise that the regular decision admit rates are below 5% at the Ivies. In addition to figuring out where you will actually thrive, how do you know where you’re a competitive applicant? Are schools really test optional?

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Great College Advice

DECEMBER 8, 2024

As the first wave of Early Action (EA) and Early Decision (ED) results arrive in the first few weeks of December, many students may be deferred from the school of their dreams. By being deferred, the college is telling you that it has been unable to make a final decision on your application.

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The Koppelman Group

DECEMBER 2, 2024

For those unfamiliar with ED2 or Early Decision 2, it is a lot like ED1; however, there is a little bit of a misnomer here. It isn’t actually ‘early.’ Johns Hopkins gets too many qualified applicants to let everyone in but ED2 is your best chance. The TLDR is that we highly advise applying during ED2.

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Scoir

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

With the start of your senior year, you're probably beginning to take stock of life beyond high school. If you're like many others, college will be the next step. You've probably visited many campuses and, hopefully, begun to identify a short list of colleges.

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The Koppelman Group

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Students who apply Early Decision to Brown tend to pick the university for very specific reasons, and there may not be another school of Brown’s caliber that fully fits the bill. How do we know this without knowing you, or even seeing your application? of Early Decision applicants were accepted.

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The Koppelman Group

DECEMBER 3, 2024

You may feel anxious about applying ED2, especially if you have a lot of RD applications out right now. It maximizes your chances, especially at a school like Northeastern that accepts so much of their incoming class from their early applications. We know getting rejected sucks, but that doesn’t mean the journey is over.

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The Koppelman Group

OCTOBER 19, 2024

You applied to Wellesley Early Decision, and this wasn’t the plan. First, let’s talk about Wellesley Early Decision. The college offers Early Decision I (EDI) and Early Decision II (EDII) options. You were going to get in, or you weren’t. Let’s get real, though. We help students weather storms.

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North Star Admissions Consulting

OCTOBER 25, 2024

On November 1st, the majority of early action and early decision college applications are due. Leading up to this deadline, I am sharing college application tips to help the whole process run smoothly. Next Friday, more college application tips – What to do after you submit. Don’t wait until the last minute.

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The Koppelman Group

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

If you’re reading this, you probably received disappointing news from Wake Forest in the Early Decision round, or you’re planning ahead in case that’s how things work out. Wake Forest recently received 17,479 applications and accepted only 3,768 students, a 21.6% acceptance rate overall. And then there is your story.

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The Koppelman Group

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

You were a bright-eyed and bushy-tailed prospective college student when you applied to Middlebury Early Decision, or something like that. Last year, they also experienced an increase in early decision applications, despite a decrease in regular decision applications. of early applicants.

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