ED is the name of the game

[Anonymous]

I feel incredibly lucky because my kid had grades and scores high enough it would have been reasonable to try (and try) for tippy top school but his genuine favorite was top 40ish-in ed1 with lots of merit. he’s expressed nothing but happiness w choice and relief he’s not still in the admissions process.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some schools rely very heavily on ED, like UChicago (worst abuser) and UPenn. Other schools use it more sparingly, like Duke and Columbia.

They still take half the class ED. How is that sparingly?

[Anonymous]

If your kid genuinely loves one of the schools that takes practically the whole class ED (looking at you, Chicago and Tulane), it's really a conundrum. On the one hand, with ED, they'll probably get in. But then your banking on your child not having second thoughts later on.

My DC loved Chicago and we went with it. So far, no second guessing. We'll see if it stays that way when RD accepts roll out in March.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids had much better results in RD rounds.

ED can backfire easily. You pick a school if it is not your absolute tippy top first choice and have to go there without getting any chance to compare (or shop merit offers). Also, you rush an application early while kid is still figuring out what they want in college and bind yourself to the wrong college.

Do, but this is very unusual.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:ED really shines for the T25ish to T50.

Schools like Emory, NYU, Northeastern, WashU, Wake Forest, UMiami, BU, BC.

Full agree. Where a NARP can really get an admissions advantage by applying ED is at this collection of high-priced, highly rejective, meh schools.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Some schools rely very heavily on ED, like UChicago (worst abuser) and UPenn. Other schools use it more sparingly, like Duke and Columbia.

They still take half the class ED. How is that sparingly?

Duke and Columbia don’t take as many kids ED compared to other schools. They both fill ~40% of their incoming class through ED, whereas schools like Penn and Brown fill 55+% of their class ED. UChicago fills ~75% of its class ED which is pretty egregious.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Some schools rely very heavily on ED, like UChicago (worst abuser) and UPenn. Other schools use it more sparingly, like Duke and Columbia.

They still take half the class ED. How is that sparingly?

Duke and Columbia don’t take as many kids ED compared to other schools. They both fill ~40% of their incoming class through ED, whereas schools like Penn and Brown fill 55+% of their class ED. UChicago fills ~75% of its class ED which is pretty egregious.

Fun idea: Let's dump on U Chicago and debate whether they take 20%, 30%, or 80% of the class ED.

[Anonymous]

Two kids at HYP. Both did RD. No regrets.

But I agree for the Wakes and BCs and UChicagos, it’s a big boost.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Some schools rely very heavily on ED, like UChicago (worst abuser) and UPenn. Other schools use it more sparingly, like Duke and Columbia.

They still take half the class ED. How is that sparingly?

Duke and Columbia don’t take as many kids ED compared to other schools. They both fill ~40% of their incoming class through ED, whereas schools like Penn and Brown fill 55+% of their class ED. UChicago fills ~75% of its class ED which is pretty egregious.

Fun idea: Let's dump on U Chicago and debate whether they take 20%, 30%, or 80% of the class ED.

Yuck, don’t tempt her. Meanwhile UChicago has among the highest average test scores and THE highest retention rate (along with MIT) in the country, so I think they will weather the storm just fine, ED “scandal” or not.

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Anonymous wrote:Some schools rely very heavily on ED, like UChicago (worst abuser) and UPenn. Other schools use it more sparingly, like Duke and Columbia.

They still take half the class ED. How is that sparingly?

Duke and Columbia don’t take as many kids ED compared to other schools. They both fill ~40% of their incoming class through ED, whereas schools like Penn and Brown fill 55+% of their class ED. UChicago fills ~75% of its class ED which is pretty egregious.

Fun idea: Let's dump on U Chicago and debate whether they take 20%, 30%, or 80% of the class ED.

Yuck, don’t tempt her. Meanwhile UChicago has among the highest average test scores and THE highest retention rate (along with MIT) in the country, so I think they will weather the storm just fine, ED “scandal” or not.

Seriously, Bitter Betty is so tiresome.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:ED really shines for the T25ish to T50.

Schools like Emory, NYU, Northeastern, WashU, Wake Forest, UMiami, BU, BC.

Full agree. Where a NARP can really get an admissions advantage by applying ED is at this collection of high-priced, highly rejective, meh schools.

Meh schools? Get your head out of your ass.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Some schools rely very heavily on ED, like UChicago (worst abuser) and UPenn. Other schools use it more sparingly, like Duke and Columbia.

They still take half the class ED. How is that sparingly?

Duke and Columbia don’t take as many kids ED compared to other schools. They both fill ~40% of their incoming class through ED, whereas schools like Penn and Brown fill 55+% of their class ED. UChicago fills ~75% of its class ED which is pretty egregious.

Fun idea: Let's dump on U Chicago and debate whether they take 20%, 30%, or 80% of the class ED.

Yuck, don’t tempt her. Meanwhile UChicago has among the highest average test scores and THE highest retention rate (along with MIT) in the country, so I think they will weather the storm just fine, ED “scandal” or not.

yup--_ED is about helping the school find highly qualified candidates that ALSO want to attend as a top choice. It's managing yield, which every school does.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I feel incredibly lucky because my kid had grades and scores high enough it would have been reasonable to try (and try) for tippy top school but his genuine favorite was top 40ish-in ed1 with lots of merit. he’s expressed nothing but happiness w choice and relief he’s not still in the admissions process.

+1

Same with my DC for ED2.

March will come with a lot of angst for many based on flooding the reach schools with applications.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:ED really shines for the T25ish to T50.

Schools like Emory, NYU, Northeastern, WashU, Wake Forest, UMiami, BU, BC.

Full agree. Where a NARP can really get an admissions advantage by applying ED is at this collection of high-priced, highly rejective, meh schools.

Meh schools? Get your head out of your ass.

+2 Sometimes the posters on here sound like 16 year old strivers. In no world is NYU, Northeastern, WashU, Wake, UMiami, BU or BC meh schools. DCUM has gotten so juvenile.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:ED really shines for the T25ish to T50.

Schools like Emory, NYU, Northeastern, WashU, Wake Forest, UMiami, BU, BC.

Full agree. Where a NARP can really get an admissions advantage by applying ED is at this collection of high-priced, highly rejective, meh schools.

Meh schools? Get your head out of your ass.

+2 Sometimes the posters on here sound like 16 year old strivers. In no world is NYU, Northeastern, WashU, Wake, UMiami, BU or BC meh schools. DCUM has gotten so juvenile.

I mean, they're all fine, but no better than Pitt or Wisconsin or UVA or W&M or UMN or any number of other public universities on the same level at half the price.