Which one out of these to EA, ED or RD?

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Anonymous wrote:Personally I would EA Princeton RD Penn for high caliber applicants. but the choice is highly personal.

Is my DD considered high caliber? Not fishing for compliment...I thought she would be considered average strong. She is top 5 kids at a well respected feeder private that sends kids to these schools, but all she has is academics + being well liked by teachers.

Any state-level or national awards? Tough major in terms of saturation.

No awards. Her school does't have a big competition culture. She's captain of the robotics team but it only has 8 kids and they haven't won anything.

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Anonymous wrote:Personally I would EA Princeton RD Penn for high caliber applicants. but the choice is highly personal.

Is my DD considered high caliber? Not fishing for compliment...I thought she would be considered average strong. She is top 5 kids at a well respected feeder private that sends kids to these schools, but all she has is academics + being well liked by teachers.

If you are at a true feeder, ask your school counselor for advice. In mine, kids with this profile without outstanding awards or ECs always got into Penn level school in RD, after being rejected by T5 REA.

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If she’s going to regret not applying to Princeton, then she should EA there. She’ll land somewhere great in RD otherwise.

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Does Princeton SCEA offer an advantage (when not counting athletes)?

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Anonymous wrote:Does Princeton SCEA offer an advantage (when not counting athletes)?

No.

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Anonymous wrote:Personally I would EA Princeton RD Penn for high caliber applicants. but the choice is highly personal.

Is my DD considered high caliber? Not fishing for compliment...I thought she would be considered average strong. She is top 5 kids at a well respected feeder private that sends kids to these schools, but all she has is academics + being well liked by teachers.

Any state-level or national awards? Tough major in terms of saturation.

No awards. Her school does't have a big competition culture. She's captain of the robotics team but it only has 8 kids and they haven't won anything.

It all depends on the competition in her cohort, presuming one gets in every year. But I would say fitting no institutional priority, no awards, saturated STEM major means Princeton is highly unlikely. There's always a tiny chance, but the chances are probably the same SCEA and RD. I agree apply to Penn ED if she'd be happy there, and RD the others.

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Anonymous wrote:Personally I would EA Princeton RD Penn for high caliber applicants. but the choice is highly personal.

Is my DD considered high caliber? Not fishing for compliment...I thought she would be considered average strong. She is top 5 kids at a well respected feeder private that sends kids to these schools, but all she has is academics + being well liked by teachers.

Any state-level or national awards? Tough major in terms of saturation.

No awards. Her school does't have a big competition culture. She's captain of the robotics team but it only has 8 kids and they haven't won anything.

It all depends on the competition in her cohort, presuming one gets in every year. But I would say fitting no institutional priority, no awards, saturated STEM major means Princeton is highly unlikely. There's always a tiny chance, but the chances are probably the same SCEA and RD. I agree apply to Penn ED if she'd be happy there, and RD the others.

2-3 from her school get in every year to each of those 3 schools, but I suspect some/most are legacy or athletes

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Personally I would EA Princeton RD Penn for high caliber applicants. but the choice is highly personal.

Is my DD considered high caliber? Not fishing for compliment...I thought she would be considered average strong. She is top 5 kids at a well respected feeder private that sends kids to these schools, but all she has is academics + being well liked by teachers.

Any state-level or national awards? Tough major in terms of saturation.

No awards. Her school does't have a big competition culture. She's captain of the robotics team but it only has 8 kids and they haven't won anything.

It all depends on the competition in her cohort, presuming one gets in every year. But I would say fitting no institutional priority, no awards, saturated STEM major means Princeton is highly unlikely. There's always a tiny chance, but the chances are probably the same SCEA and RD. I agree apply to Penn ED if she'd be happy there, and RD the others.

2-3 from her school get in every year to each of those 3 schools, but I suspect some/most are legacy or athletes

Then her odds are decent, presuming one usually gets in unhooked. I'm risk-averse, so I wouldn't try for Princeton but if your DD has her heart set on it, you could try. Still a shot at getting into Penn RD, and CMU is likely.

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Yes, it's all about risk tolerance.

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Penn gives legacy preference at ED but not regular, so I would look into how big the ED advantage is for unhooked kids.

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Anonymous wrote:Personally I would EA Princeton RD Penn for high caliber applicants. but the choice is highly personal.

Is my DD considered high caliber? Not fishing for compliment...I thought she would be considered average strong. She is top 5 kids at a well respected feeder private that sends kids to these schools, but all she has is academics + being well liked by teachers.

Any state-level or national awards? Tough major in terms of saturation.

No awards. Her school does't have a big competition culture. She's captain of the robotics team but it only has 8 kids and they haven't won anything.

It all depends on the competition in her cohort, presuming one gets in every year. But I would say fitting no institutional priority, no awards, saturated STEM major means Princeton is highly unlikely. There's always a tiny chance, but the chances are probably the same SCEA and RD. I agree apply to Penn ED if she'd be happy there, and RD the others.

2-3 from her school get in every year to each of those 3 schools, but I suspect some/most are legacy or athletes

Then her odds are decent, presuming one usually gets in unhooked. I'm risk-averse, so I wouldn't try for Princeton but if your DD has her heart set on it, you could try. Still a shot at getting into Penn RD, and CMU is likely.

OP: do you mean CMU is likely for chemistry major? I'm assuming you didn't mean AI (CompSci)?

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Anonymous wrote:Penn gives legacy preference at ED but not regular, so I would look into how big the ED advantage is for unhooked kids.

Are you saying potentially all 3 schools present no advantage for using ED/EA?

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Anonymous wrote:Penn gives legacy preference at ED but not regular, so I would look into how big the ED advantage is for unhooked kids.

That's always not so transparent. However, legacy alone without a decent donation history doesn't help as much as it did 20 years ago, or even 5 years ago. Penn used to encourage legacy to ED, now they don't say that.

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^ also consider Penn is the second largest ivy. ED fills 50% of the class.

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Anonymous wrote:Penn gives legacy preference at ED but not regular, so I would look into how big the ED advantage is for unhooked kids.

That's always not so transparent. However, legacy alone without a decent donation history doesn't help as much as it did 20 years ago, or even 5 years ago. Penn used to encourage legacy to ED, now they don't say that.

Interesting. Must have changed recently—was still true when my DD applied (2022).