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Do you believe it is wrong some US universities have Early Decision? (For people who don't know this, this is when universities allow some people to apply earlier with a higher chance of getting in in exchange for agreeing to commit if admitted)

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It's wrong

Neither wrong nor good

It's good

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Anonymous 1d

Its not necessarily a higher chance to get in it just means your application will be considered and reviewed before non early decision applicants, meaning programs will have more space. Schools want retention and other good statistics and early decision gets that for them bc it implies that the applicant is serious about the school.

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#1 1d

Very true! Well said, and you're definitely right, but since there's limited characters in poll questions, I did think it was worth mentioning it does usually help you just because you are going against less applications. You're absolutely right though someone who otherwise wouldn't be admitted wouldn't suddenly get admitted if they did ED instead