high stats-doesnt want to ed

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Im urging kid to ed somewhere but they dont want to--1550/5s in all aps done so far spanish/calcBC/compA/history, 4 in freshman year ap. 4,0 UW, public. IB candidate, no awards . strong leadership in school, no research, no arts/no hooks-wf
does a kid like this need to ED for best option and ED where? wants math/maybe engineering

ED to CMU, Rice or Chicago.

Pressuring a kid to ED is insane. Absolutely not.

DP. Why do you think it’s insane? I agree with PP. It only takes ONE standout kid from a school to have many others rejected. And if it’s a feeder school or there are multiple stabdout kids, AOs will compare and OP’s kid will come up short.

I am helping a kid 1550, one B, ECs focused on research, some minor leadership. I KNOW what gets kids into these elite schools (my kid’s most unusual was accepted to multiple HYpSM)….this kid does not have it. Has come up short everywhere. Sometimes I think he might be self-sabotaging. His team won some obscure award and the parents think that’s what is going to get him into HYPSM. He cannot explain anything to me — his research or the stuff that his team did to win this award, clearly showing me he had nothing much to do with either. I ask him to revise his essays and he spends 10 minutes a week doing that. I spend hours providing feedback. If he is not self-sabotaging, he is really arrogant and overconfident of his chances. My kid should ED as he is full pay.

[Anonymous]

Make sure your DC has real information, data from your schools results etc and thinks about the pros and cons but they should make the decision