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• Andy shares how Early Decision helps colleges
• Andy tells us whether having 45-48% of the class coming in ED is intentional or whether it just works out this way
• Andy shares why he doesn’t want the incoming class to be more than 50% of the incoming class
• Andy shares the three main reasons why the yield for ED is 95% and not 100%
• Andy explains why he feels, and I quote him here, “without a doubt”, ED will become more popular with public universities.
• Andy gives an example of how applying to the ED is not as hard as getting admitted as a regular decision. Still, he also explains how applying ED is sometimes in the financial best interest of under-resourced families.
• Andy answers the question, does he expect affinity scores and engagement tracking to start to be done in greater frequency than it is now
• Andy explains what the basic difference is between ED1 and ED2
• Andy explains the difference in behavioral characteristics between ED 1 and ED 2
• Andy shares what the ED1 admit rate is at Conn College and the ED2 admit rate is at Conn College
• Andy shares why the admit rate for ED2 is so much lower than ED 1 and ED 2
• Andy shares how the ED2 admit rate would change if they took out high-need International students
• Andy responds to a few reasons I have heard that the ED2 admit rate is lower than the ED1 admit rate
• Andy responds to a few reasons I have heard that the ED2 admit rate is lower than the ED1 admit rate
• Andy explains why some colleges have one Early Decision round instead of two. Do they see having a second round of ED2 as a stigma
• Andy shares his thoughts on the practice of taking a student who applied Early Action and trying to flip them to Early Decision 2
• Andy talks about a student who applied ED2 before they heard from their ED1 school; he shares what they should do if this happens
• Andy talks about converting your regular decision application to an ED2 app, is this okay and if so, what is the deadline when a student needs to do this?
• Andy talks about whether he expects a family to complete the net price calculator before they apply via Early Decision
• Andy talks about the kids that compromise the 5% of kids he referenced earlier in the interview, who apply ED, are admitted, and don’t end up enrolling; he tells us about how many of these kids fall into the three reasons why ED admits do not end up enrolling to the school where they were admitted to with an ED app.
• Andy answers the question, does a student lose their financial leverage for merit scholarships if they apply ED

You can also listen on Episode 484, Episode 486, Episode 488, and Episode 490