Editing Early decision (section)

== Benefits for colleges ==
Schools which offer early decision benefit from a near certainty that the applicant will attend if admitted.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=Recruitment and Yield Strategies |url=https://www.nacacnet.org/globalassets/documents/publications/research/soca_chapter2.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170410194706/https://www.nacacnet.org/globalassets/documents/publications/research/soca_chapter2.pdf |archive-date=2017-04-10 |access-date=Sep 20, 2019 |website=}}</ref> As a result, the [[Yield (college admissions)|admission yield]] is increased by admitting more students at the ED stage.<ref name=":0" /> The timing of the ED process also helps admissions offices spread the work of sifting through applications throughout more of the school year.<ref name="tws3JanK11">{{cite news |author=Nicholas Thompson |date=September 2000 |title=Playing With Numbers: How U.S. News mismeasures higher education and what we can do about it |newspaper=Washington Monthly |url=http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2000/0009.thompson.html |url-status=dead |quote=... U.S. News rankings don't measure how much students learn; ... |accessdate=January 11, 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130114232520/http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2000/0009.thompson.html |archivedate=January 14, 2013 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> A number of schools which had EA plans have recently added ED plans to EA ([[University of Chicago|Chicago]] and [[Tulane University|Tulane]] from Class of 2021 on, [[University of Virginia|Virginia]] from Class of 2024<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=29 May 2019 |title=UVA Adds Early Decision Option |url=https://news.virginia.edu/content/uva-adds-early-decision-option-prospective-applicants |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190922031145/https://news.virginia.edu/content/uva-adds-early-decision-option-prospective-applicants |archive-date=2019-09-22 |access-date=Sep 20, 2019 |website=}}</ref>), or have switched to ED and jettisoned EA ([[Boston College]] from Class of 2024 on<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=Boston College to Launch Early Decision Program |url=https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/bcnews/campus-community/announcements/early-decision.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806005213/https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/bcnews/campus-community/announcements/early-decision.html |archive-date=2020-08-06 |access-date=Sep 20, 2019 |website=}}</ref>).

Some college counselors speculate that ED can serve to mitigate the problem of students failing to [[Matriculation|matriculate]] to a particular school in favor of a "superior" one.{{Citation needed|date=April 2022}} For example, one college might only admit a candidate deemed qualified for another, 'superior' college under ED, for in regular decision, should that student be admitted to the 'superior' competitor, that student would be unlikely to attend the college that originally offered the ED admission.{{Citation needed|date=April 2022}}{{Clarify|reason=unclear wording|date=April 2022}}