课下，经常会有同学来问我，是提前申请(ED)的成功率高呢，还是正常申请(RD)的成功率高？今天在网上正好看见了一篇这样的文章，拿出来给同学们参考一下：
想申请美国大学的同学，应该都了解提前申请（Early Decision）比起正常申请（Regular Decision）会有助于申请到更好的学校，当然，前提是你在提前申请的Deadline前已经有够好的SAT和TOEFL成绩。但是ED和RD比起来，到底成功率有多少区别呢？下面的数据来自US News。供大家参考。如果在下表中没有找到你想找的学校，那可能是因为这个学校不是ED而是EA（Early Action）。
| Institution Name | Early Decision Deadline | Early Decision Acceptance Rate | Early Decision # of Applicants | Overall Acceptance Rate | Overall # of Applicants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred University (NY) | 12/1 | 84.6 | 52 | 76.1 | 2557 |
| Allegheny College (PA) | 11/15 | 70.9 | 86 | 60.6 | 4243 |
| American Jewish University (CA) | 12/31 | 100.0 | 4 | 100.0 | 58 |
| American University (DC) | 11/15 | 75.1 | 397 | 52.9 | 15413 |
| Barnard College (NY) | 11/15 | 47.7 | 392 | 28.5 | 4274 |
| Bates College (ME) | 11/15 | 45.5 | 549 | 29.2 | 5098 |
| Bennington College (VT) | 11/15 | 60.0 | 75 | 61.6 | 1056 |
| Bentley University (MA) | 11/1 | 54.0 | 187 | 37.6 | 7238 |
| Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania | 11/15 | 100.0 | 151 | 58.6 | 10840 |
| Bowdoin College (ME) | 11/15 | 30.0 | 690 | 18.6 | 6033 |
| Brandeis University (MA) | 11/15 | 53.1 | 458 | 32.4 | 7724 |
| Brown University (RI) | 11/1 | 22.6 | 2453 | 13.7 | 20633 |
| Bryant University (RI) | 11/15 | 58.6 | 239 | 45.1 | 6253 |
| Bryn Mawr College (PA) | 11/15 | 53.1 | 130 | 48.8 | 2150 |
| Bucknell University (PA) | 11/15 | 65.3 | 567 | 29.9 | 8024 |
| California Polytechnic State University–San Luis Obispo | 10/31 | 25.2 | 3450 | 33.5 | 33352 |
| Carleton College (MN) | 11/15 | 55.2 | 375 | 27.5 | 4956 |
| Carnegie Mellon University (PA) | 11/1 | 29.1 | 855 | 37.9 | 13527 |
| Champlain College (VT) | 11/15 | 74.9 | 331 | 73.5 | 2979 |
| Claremont McKenna College (CA) | 11/15 | 27.8 | 316 | 19.2 | 4178 |
| Clark University (MA) | 11/15 | 73.3 | 90 | 56.4 | 5299 |
| Clarkson University (NY) | 12/1 | 93.8 | 113 | 78.7 | 3204 |
| Colby College (ME) | 11/15 | 46.8 | 455 | 30.9 | 4835 |
| Colgate University (NY) | 11/15 | 51.0 | 741 | 23.9 | 9416 |
| College of New Jersey | 11/15 | 57.3 | 450 | 42.4 | 9692 |
| College of the Atlantic (ME) | 12/1 | 79.5 | 39 | 69.1 | 314 |
| College of the Holy Cross (MA) | 12/15 | 55.7 | 522 | 33.8 | 7227 |
| College of William and Mary (VA) | 11/1 | 53.9 | 900 | 34.1 | 11636 |
| College of Wooster (OH) | 12/1 | 87.4 | 87 | 61.7 | 4504 |
| Colorado College | 11/15 | 41.1 | 414 | 26.0 | 5338 |
| Columbia University (NY) | 11/1 | 23.8 | 2509 | 10.0 | 22584 |
| Connecticut College | 11/15 | 64.8 | 301 | 36.6 | 4716 |
| Cooper Union (NY) | 12/1 | 16.0 | 449 | 9.3 | 3055 |
| Cornell College (IA) | 11/1 | 41.9 | 105 | 43.6 | 2916 |
| Cornell University (NY) | 11/1 | 37.0 | 3094 | 20.7 | 33073 |
| Curry College (MA) | 12/1 | 38.2 | 136 | 67.3 | 3944 |
| Dartmouth College (NH) | 11/1 | 27.9 | 1428 | 13.5 | 16538 |
| Davidson College (NC) | 11/15 | 40.4 | 549 | 25.7 | 4412 |
| Denison University (OH) | 12/1 | 78.4 | 153 | 38.2 | 5305 |
| DePauw University (IN) | 11/1 | 82.0 | 50 | 64.6 | 4064 |
| Dickinson College (PA) | 11/15 | 83.6 | 348 | 44.2 | 5282 |
| Duke University (NC) | 11/1 | 38.3 | 1239 | 22.4 | 18774 |
| Duquesne University (PA) | 11/1 | 71.8 | 294 | 75.6 | 5715 |
| Earlham College (IN) | 12/1 | 97.6 | 41 | 75.4 | 1825 |
| Elmira College (NY) | 11/15 | 90.0 | 50 | 74.4 | 2090 |
| Elon University (NC) | 11/1 | 75.4 | 422 | 42.3 | 9434 |
| Flagler College (FL) | 12/1 | 72.9 | 573 | 45.0 | 2368 |
| Florida Southern College | 12/1 | 98.7 | 78 | 67.3 | 2110 |
| Franklin and Marshall College (PA) | 11/15 | 70.4 | 582 | 35.9 | 5632 |
| Furman University (SC) | 11/15 | 66.4 | 639 | 57.3 | 4414 |
| George Washington University (DC) | 11/10 | 66.8 | 1159 | 37.4 | 19430 |
| Gordon College (MA) | 11/15 | 97.8 | 45 | 71.1 | 1570 |
| Grinnell College (IA) | 11/15 | 68.5 | 200 | 43.0 | 3217 |
| Hamilton College (NY) | 11/15 | 36.4 | 612 | 28.1 | 5073 |
| Hampshire College (MA) | 11/15 | 71.4 | 98 | 53.1 | 2842 |
| Hartwick College (NY) | 11/15 | 84.8 | 112 | 83.0 | 2532 |
| Harvey Mudd College (CA) | 11/15 | 34.0 | 103 | 31.1 | 2532 |
| Hillsdale College (MI) | 11/15 | 80.0 | 100 | 64.3 | 1502 |
| Hobart and William Smith Colleges (NY) | 11/15 | 68.3 | 265 | 53.7 | 4298 |
| Howard University (DC) | 11/1 | 71.2 | 1745 | 48.5 | 9750 |
| Juniata College (PA) | 12/1 | 87.0 | 92 | 69.2 | 2349 |
| Kalamazoo College (MI) | 11/10 | 77.3 | 22 | 70.3 | 2059 |
| Kenyon College (OH) | 11/15 | 55.0 | 340 | 31.3 | 4509 |
| Lafayette College (PA) | 2/15 | 56.2 | 436 | 37.2 | 6357 |
| Lawrence University (WI) | 11/15 | 94.6 | 37 | 58.8 | 2618 |
| Le Moyne College (NY) | 12/1 | 71.4 | 56 | 61.2 | 4212 |
| Lehigh University (PA) | 11/15 | 57.8 | 939 | 27.9 | 12941 |
| Lynchburg College (VA) | 11/15 | 52.2 | 205 | 67.9 | 4501 |
| Macalester College (MN) | 11/15 | 46.8 | 252 | 41.1 | 5041 |
| Marist College (NY) | 11/15 | 77.0 | 161 | 37.5 | 9198 |
| Meredith College (NC) | 10/15 | 53.8 | 143 | 69.4 | 1557 |
| Miami University–Oxford (OH) | 11/1 | 75.6 | 636 | 80.4 | 15009 |
| Moravian College (PA) | 2/1 | 77.3 | 176 | 69.7 | 2098 |
| Nazareth College (NY) | 11/15 | 91.1 | 45 | 74.5 | 2181 |
| Northwestern University (IL) | 11/1 | 39.7 | 1395 | 26.2 | 25013 |
| Ohio Wesleyan University | 12/1 | 31.1 | 61 | 64.3 | 4238 |
| Pomona College (CA) | 11/15 | 21.7 | 598 | 15.6 | 6293 |
| Presbyterian College (SC) | 11/1 | 78.6 | 56 | 68.6 | 1403 |
| Prescott College (AZ) | 12/1 | 93.8 | 16 | 76.7 | 365 |
| Purchase College–SUNY | 11/1 | 29.4 | 34 | 24.2 | 8905 |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY) | 11/1 | 49.8 | 1288 | 44.1 | 11249 |
| Rhodes College (TN) | 11/1 | 47.9 | 140 | 49.9 | 3747 |
| Rice University (TX) | 11/1 | 34.0 | 674 | 23.0 | 9813 |
| Rider University (NJ) | 11/15 | 29.4 | 51 | 74.0 | 6829 |
| Rollins College (FL) | 11/15 | 61.5 | 156 | 53.2 | 3485 |
| Russell Sage College (NY) | 12/1 | 90.0 | 10 | 74.3 | 378 |
| Sacred Heart University (CT) | 12/1 | 84.5 | 193 | 65.1 | 7568 |
| Scripps College (CA) | 11/1 | 48.1 | 81 | 43.4 | 1931 |
| Sewanee–University of the South (TN) | 11/15 | 54.1 | 185 | 64.0 | 2488 |
| Skidmore College (NY) | 11/15 | 59.4 | 497 | 29.8 | 7316 |
| Smith College (MA) | 11/15 | 63.7 | 256 | 47.7 | 3771 |
| Southwestern University (TX) | 11/1 | 87.5 | 64 | 65.4 | 1923 |
| St. Anselm College (NH) | 11/15 | 75.9 | 79 | 69.9 | 3835 |
| St. John Fisher College (NY) | 12/1 | 62.6 | 155 | 62.4 | 3231 |
| St. Mary’s College (IN) | 11/15 | 90.4 | 115 | 79.6 | 1422 |
| St. Mary’s College of Maryland | 11/1 | 43.2 | 373 | 51.8 | 2723 |
| St. Olaf College (MN) | 11/15 | 92.7 | 151 | 58.9 | 3964 |
| Stetson University (FL) | 11/1 | 91.2 | 34 | 53.9 | 4110 |
| Stevens Institute of Technology (NJ) | 11/15 | 69.7 | 399 | 51.8 | 2889 |
| Stonehill College (MA) | 11/1 | 65.7 | 67 | 45.0 | 6838 |
| SUNY Institute of Technology–Utica/Rome | 11/1 | 60.0 | 35 | 38.7 | 1731 |
| SUNY–Fredonia | 11/1 | 62.1 | 66 | 51.8 | 6489 |
| SUNY–Oswego | 11/15 | 53.3 | 150 | 47.0 | 9965 |
| SUNY–Plattsburgh | 11/15 | 51.7 | 89 | 49.4 | 6909 |
| Susquehanna University (PA) | 11/15 | 82.7 | 173 | 72.6 | 2777 |
| Swarthmore College (PA) | 11/15 | 33.8 | 480 | 15.7 | 6121 |
| Sweet Briar College (VA) | 12/1 | 96.9 | 64 | 82.7 | 629 |
| Syracuse University (NY) | 11/15 | 77.4 | 826 | 52.5 | 22079 |
| Tabor College (KS) | 12/31 | 100.0 | 98 | 93.6 | 405 |
| The Citadel (SC) | 10/26 | 72.2 | 126 | 75.2 | 2024 |
| Trinity College (CT) | 11/15 | 69.3 | 417 | 41.7 | 5136 |
| Trinity University (TX) | 11/1 | 72.0 | 50 | 58.2 | 3754 |
| Union College (NY) | 11/15 | 77.1 | 327 | 39.2 | 5271 |
| University at Buffalo–SUNY | 11/1 | 70.5 | 555 | 51.9 | 19784 |
| University of Miami (FL) | 11/1 | 22.2 | 1210 | 38.6 | 21773 |
| University of Puget Sound (WA) | 11/15 | 90.2 | 132 | 65.3 | 5580 |
| University of Rochester (NY) | 11/1 | 46.7 | 583 | 42.7 | 11633 |
| Ursinus College (PA) | 1/15 | 61.9 | 197 | 54.7 | 6192 |
| Vanderbilt University (TN) | 11/1 | 36.2 | 1468 | 25.3 | 16944 |
| Vassar College (NY) | 11/15 | 38.3 | 582 | 25.0 | 7361 |
| Virginia Military Institute | 11/15 | 60.8 | 283 | 53.6 | 1600 |
| Virginia Tech | 11/1 | 54.7 | 2288 | 65.4 | 20615 |
| Wabash College (IN) | 11/15 | 74.6 | 63 | 49.1 | 1365 |
| Wagner College (NY) | 1/1 | 63.3 | 90 | 60.8 | 3012 |
| Wake Forest University (NC) | 11/15 | 50.7 | 671 | 38.4 | 9050 |
| Washington and Jefferson College (PA) | 12/1 | 50.0 | 8 | 38.3 | 6826 |
| Washington and Lee University (VA) | 11/15 | 44.4 | 428 | 16.8 | 6386 |
| Washington College (MD) | 11/1 | 92.6 | 68 | 69.0 | 3413 |
| Wellesley College (MA) | 11/1 | 51.4 | 208 | 36.0 | 4001 |
| Wells College (NY) | 12/15 | 63.2 | 19 | 63.8 | 1117 |
| Wesleyan University (CT) | 11/15 | 45.5 | 650 | 27.2 | 8250 |
| Western Carolina University (NC) | 11/15 | 65.6 | 1687 | 51.1 | 7331 |
| Wheaton College (MA) | 11/15 | 85.6 | 195 | 38.8 | 3832 |
| Whitman College (WA) | 11/15 | 74.5 | 145 | 45.8 | 3096 |
| Williams College (MA) | 11/10 | 37.4 | 605 | 17.0 | 7552 |
| Wittenberg University (OH) | 11/15 | 60.8 | 51 | 68.8 | 3344 |
| Wofford College (SC) | 11/15 | 64.1 | 587 | 58.9 | 2278 |
