Speaking of ED

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Let's say your kid has the stats to enter the lotteries of T25. They would obviously have a better shot at 25-50, but we all realize that so much is just luck when you hit a certain threshold. One of their favorite schools in in the 60-75 range and gives an ED boost. Would you advise your kid to ED to the lower ranked school to have a a better chance of avoiding the stress or stick with EAs to see the options? The ED school is private and the kid has stats above the median, so merit would be welcome. Merit is not absolutely necessary, but if they got into a higher ranked school for less, some real conversations would need to be had about the options. This kid worked hard to have a shot at places like UVA, UMD or UNC. Would you be OK paying Tulane/UMiami/Syracuse tuition even if the in-state schools were an option?

That’s essentially what my DS is doing this fall. ED1 to a slight reach state college (coin flip odds probably) but if that’s a no then ED2 to a college that boosts his chances by 30-40% over RD (from about 50% to 80%). The key is that he hasn’t identified any of the others he likes better than the ED2 school (even the ED1 choice is there because of cost). We’re decidedly agnostic about rankings.

So, in this scenario using the examples from above, it’s like your kid is doing ED to UVA and ED to Tulane. Is cost the main factor?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid had stats considerably above UMiami and got waitlisted. When we looked back at our HS school's scattergram, they defer/waitlist everyone with high stats. We assume yield protection --they want ED.

Did you demonstrate interest?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Let's say your kid has the stats to enter the lotteries of T25. They would obviously have a better shot at 25-50, but we all realize that so much is just luck when you hit a certain threshold. One of their favorite schools in in the 60-75 range and gives an ED boost. Would you advise your kid to ED to the lower ranked school to have a a better chance of avoiding the stress or stick with EAs to see the options? The ED school is private and the kid has stats above the median, so merit would be welcome. Merit is not absolutely necessary, but if they got into a higher ranked school for less, some real conversations would need to be had about the options. This kid worked hard to have a shot at places like UVA, UMD or UNC. Would you be OK paying Tulane/UMiami/Syracuse tuition even if the in-state schools were an option?

This is all so personal and unique to each person.

Based on your accumulated wealth and how much you’ve saved, along with whether or not your kid is at a public or private school and how that factors into admissions.

Outcomes differ based on the school significantly. And not all public schools are the same, nor are all private schools the same.

I'm curious what public vs. private school for HS has to do with it? Are you suggesting that a kid form a public HS won't do as well at a private college or vice versa?

Some high schools are known to be more rigorous than others.

For example, one high school may ger one kid innto Harvard in a class of 300. Another high school may get four kids admitted to Harvard in a class of 85.

The more highly ranked school is a state school. I get that privates might feed into Ivy more than Publix, but is a private going to send more kids to UVA or UNC?

[Anonymous]

Publics. Hahaha! Not sure why Publix would even be in my autocorrect.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Let's say your kid has the stats to enter the lotteries of T25. They would obviously have a better shot at 25-50, but we all realize that so much is just luck when you hit a certain threshold. One of their favorite schools in in the 60-75 range and gives an ED boost. Would you advise your kid to ED to the lower ranked school to have a a better chance of avoiding the stress or stick with EAs to see the options? The ED school is private and the kid has stats above the median, so merit would be welcome. Merit is not absolutely necessary, but if they got into a higher ranked school for less, some real conversations would need to be had about the options. This kid worked hard to have a shot at places like UVA, UMD or UNC. Would you be OK paying Tulane/UMiami/Syracuse tuition even if the in-state schools were an option?

That’s essentially what my DS is doing this fall. ED1 to a slight reach state college (coin flip odds probably) but if that’s a no then ED2 to a college that boosts his chances by 30-40% over RD (from about 50% to 80%). The key is that he hasn’t identified any of the others he likes better than the ED2 school (even the ED1 choice is there because of cost). We’re decidedly agnostic about rankings.

So, in this scenario using the examples from above, it’s like your kid is doing ED to UVA and ED to Tulane. Is cost the main factor?

Pp here. Close. W&M for ED1 and a LAC in the 50-60 range for ED2.

[Anonymous]

I feel like it makes more sense to ED to the higher ranked state school IF both are equal to the kid. If they can’t decide between the two, I guess EA would be the way to go. The concerns over yield protection are real.