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2025 Early Decision (ED) and Early Action (EA) College Admissions Trends

CTK College Coach

Regular Decision, Early Action, Rolling Admissions, Early Decision. CTK College Coach What are the trends for early decision and early acceptance for Class of 2025 compared to outcomes in the last few years? Northwestern, for example, had an increase of more than15% in early decision applications.

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Early Decision Strategy for Carnegie Mellon University 2025-2026

The Koppelman Group

The University is also known for a very high average starting salary immediately after graduation, and 91% of 2024 graduates were employed or pursuing another degree within six months of graduation. To lock in the strongest and most driven applicants, they offer a binding Early Decision option. This is what you need to do.

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Early Decision Deadlines: 2024-2025

Top Tier Admissions

Although the number of students applying through Early Action (non-binding), Early Decision 1 (binding), and Early Decision 2 (binding) rounds continues to rise, these applicant pools are still much smaller compared to the regular decision pool at top colleges and universities. college or university.

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Rejected Early Decision from Wake Forest 2024-2025

The Koppelman Group

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. But the Early Decision acceptance rate is significantly higher than the overall average. acceptance rate overall.

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Early Decision II (ED2) Application Strategy and Advice for Swarthmore 2024-2025

The Koppelman Group

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.

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Rejected Early Decision from Pomona 2024-2025

The Koppelman Group

We know getting rejected is tough, and an early decision rejection from your dream school can hit especially hard. Here’s why: if you applied early decision to Pomona, you’re probably a high-achiever and a bit of a perfectionist, which likely means you’ve been pushing yourself hard for months.

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Rejected Early Decision by Vassar 2024-2025

The Koppelman Group

Receiving a rejection in the Early Decision round always hurts. You probably had this vision for your college application experience where you’d do your work early, you’d get in early, and you would be done early. So, the college is selective, but it isn’t highly selective in the early round.