Is ED a marker of prestige?

[Anonymous]

Title. Obviously at the tip top there are many that do not have ED, but once you get out of the t10-15 it seems to correlate with prestige

[Anonymous]

Huh?

[Anonymous]

It’s the opposite of prestige. For schools, it makes them look uncertain of their yield. For students, everyone knows they are weaker because ED is an easier admit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s the opposite of prestige. For schools, it makes them look uncertain of their yield. For students, everyone knows they are weaker because ED is an easier admit.

How is it weaker? ED is not easier than RD because the number doesn't tell the whole story. There are a lot of institutional priorities applying ED.

[Anonymous]

As someone who was admitted ED and has two children who were admitted ED, all of us to different schools, I can say unequivocally “no.”

[Anonymous]

ED is a marker of relief from stress in December rather than waiting til later to find out where you will be going to school next year. It also can be a marker of wealth because it means you are not relying on the financial package to decide where to go. I don’t equate either of those with prestige, but it is definitely a benefit to be going to your top choice school and knowing about it sooner rather than later.

[Anonymous]

Are you suggesting that only the top X schools have ED? Not at all.

[Anonymous]

No. More private schools offer ED, but not necessary higher ranked schools. Just private.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Title. Obviously at the tip top there are many that do not have ED, but once you get out of the t10-15 it seems to correlate with prestige

WHO THE F CARES.

[Anonymous]

No, a mark of prestige is more like having a landed title and no last name.

[Anonymous]

Insofar as “prestige” means “rich kids go here,” then yes, ED is correlated with prestige. There are many private high schools where over 90% of the class “plays their ED card” somewhere; for your school to be in the conversation at that kind of high school you need to have an ED round. Even if 95% of non-athletes apply and are admitted EA, ED2 or RD.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Title. Obviously at the tip top there are many that do not have ED, but once you get out of the t10-15 it seems to correlate with prestige

No, quite the opposite. It's the marker of what used to be known as "tufts syndrome" or feeling 2nd best.

[Anonymous]

ED means we don't need other families to pay for our tuition.

[Anonymous]

The top 5 colleges (HYPSM) do not have ED. They do not have to worry about yield.

The very top students who have a realistic shot at HYPSM do not do ED. They are confident enough that they would get into T20 in RD.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Title. Obviously at the tip top there are many that do not have ED, but once you get out of the t10-15 it seems to correlate with prestige

No, quite the opposite. It's the marker of what used to be known as "tufts syndrome" or feeling 2nd best.

ED2 is even more so. That just screams desperation.