How do kids choose which elite to apply early action/decision (binding) to?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Quite simply, you apply early decision to your favorite. It's not a trick question.

Well, not necessarily. My husband and I both went to the same HYP school for multiple degrees. That will make it easier for our son to be admitted, but applying early will also give him a boost. But, it's his third choice school of multiple schools that are very competitive. It is not that he doesn't like the school DH and I want to a lot, he does, he just likes to other is a bit better. So, he need to think through whether to apply as a legacy to one highly competitive school with an early action program ( with the leg up of being a legacy and the bump from applying early) or whether to apply early to his top choice school. Not a simple decision, but we are leaving it up to him.

DC was in the same position. Applied EA to her fave and was admitted. It was a tough decision in real time, but my take was that the outcome I most wanted to avoid was her not getting her best shot at the school she wanted most. Not admitted to any top tier would have been a better outcome than admitted only to legacy. That said, DC really hated the idea of legacy advantage and if that weren't in the mix, there might have been a different EA choice. Double legacy school was her #2 choice.

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah those numbers are way off; more than half of Penn's class is from early decision.

I think pp meant the 3% of the 7.9% were admitted early. And 4.9% RD. So about 40% ED?

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Anonymous wrote:Look at the numbers. university of Pennsylvania last year admitted 7.9 % of applicants. 3% of them were early admit and the rest were regular admit.

If your kid is likely to get an offer, no harm in putting early admit down for top choice. Otherwise go regular decision and save the early admit for a non-ivy.

I think you are mistaken with the 3% of admits coming early. I believe they admit most of their class early.

No I am not mistaken. Check their website yourself. I read this only today. Cannot link from my iphone

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah those numbers are way off; more than half of Penn's class is from early decision.

I think pp meant the 3% of the 7.9% were admitted early. And 4.9% RD. So about 40% ED?

Yes this

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University of Pennsylvania had the most competitive applications this year out of ALL US colleges

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Quite simply, you apply early decision to your favorite. It's not a trick question.

Well, not necessarily. My husband and I both went to the same HYP school for multiple degrees. That will make it easier for our son to be admitted, but applying early will also give him a boost. But, it's his third choice school of multiple schools that are very competitive. It is not that he doesn't like the school DH and I want to a lot, he does, he just likes to other is a bit better. So, he need to think through whether to apply as a legacy to one highly competitive school with an early action program ( with the leg up of being a legacy and the bump from applying early) or whether to apply early to his top choice school. Not a simple decision, but we are leaving it up to him.

Judging by the quality of your writing ....

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Anonymous wrote:University of Pennsylvania had the most competitive applications this year out of ALL US colleges

Why? That was the joke of the Ivies not that long ago.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:University of Pennsylvania had the most competitive applications this year out of ALL US colleges

Why? That was the joke of the Ivies not that long ago.

What does the bolded even mean?

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If you think these schools are equally "perfect", then there is more work to be done to identify best fit.

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Anonymous wrote:HYPS are all perfect. How are you supposed to choose a favorite? Is there strategy, like biggest brand name (Harvard) and target Princeton?

Have your child apply early to the University that they most want to attend. Simple as that. Our son loved Harvard, it was his top choice, but he was encouraged by his college counselor to apply to Stanford or Yale instead, as a much larger number of his classmates were applying EA to Harvard than to Stanford or Yale in his year. He politely declined that advice, applied EA to his first choice, and was admitted early to Harvard. Whatever happens you will not regret being true to your heart with your EA submission.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah those numbers are way off; more than half of Penn's class is from early decision.

I think pp meant the 3% of the 7.9% were admitted early. And 4.9% RD. So about 40% ED?

40% ED = binding or just early notification?

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^^ you can read all about it here

http://www.thedp.com/article/2017/03/penn-acceptance-rate-release

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Anonymous wrote:University of Pennsylvania had the most competitive applications this year out of ALL US colleges

Not for ED. That school has clear bias to certain students.

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Anonymous wrote:University of Pennsylvania had the most competitive applications this year out of ALL US colleges

I saw one wealthy private school in New York had 8 ED admissions. 8 from a tiny school. Ridiculous.

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Well, might I suggest you have your kid read a bit, reflect a bit, and then pick the one that fits best?

They really are quite different.