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Wash U is so boring. Go for Chicago. |
I think he would have a good shot at washu, Chicago, or Midd ED from our school, but the others would be long shots. Look at your school’s patterns. If ED doesn’t work out he’ll need to add options in RD. Some of these are unattainable in RD. |
Midd ED is hard from our NYC private for some reason. |
Can I flip this question around?
Which of these schools is still on the table for this kid in RD? (my kid is similar and has a lot of these school on his list) |
Honestly, it depends on who else was already admitted in early decision from your school and who else your kid is competing with from your school. Nothing is ever in a vacuum. At our school, many of the schools may still be in the running in certain years. But this year, for example WashU probably would not be in the running because they’ve already admitted so many kids in both early rounds. You have to look at your class to figure out your chances. That’s why you either apply widely if you have no restriction on the number of applications or you apply strategically if you are restricted. The best answer will come from your school’s data. |
ED1 at Wash U. ED2 at next tier down, tufts/bu/bc. The list is all high reaches unless 3.8 is from sta gds or Sidwell. |
From our school I think the answer is none. |
Georgetown doesn't give preference to REA applicants, so that is fine for RD. The only one that's really off the table for RD is Chicago. As others have said, the other ones on the list (WashU, Midd, Williams, Bowdoin) depend more on your school's relationship than ED vs RD. |
I would like to be wrong for my own kid’s sake. But, for example, Bowdoin takes sports (squash) recruits from our school and area and odds seem to be nil for others. Chicago seems tO accept in ED only. Williams seems ED only too. |
On the table for RD: ND and GU. They won't offer any bump with EA. If you didn't get in RD, you wouldn't have gotten in EA. Off the table for RD: Chicago and Bowdoin. People here say Williams offers no ED advantage. I'm not sure about that at our school. But think it's on the table for RD, depending on high school. I dont know Midd very well, but I suspect it's harder in RD than people think. |
If by "exciting" you mean "dodging bullets as you walk to the dorm" (https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/armed-robbers-target-3-university-of-chicago-students-school-says/) |
There's a poster here who regularly comments that Notre Dame applicants don't apply/ won't go to peer schools. That is not true. As many other posters note, it's quite common for students aiming to T5 to apply EA to both Notre Dame and Georgetown. There are many students who shoot for Stanford but would be v happy at Notre Dame . . . . |
Bowdoin is a very hard admit from our T10 private (in nyc). Penn is easier. Dartmouth is easier. |
not sure if this is of interest, but my kid with a list similar to your kids got into Columbia ED and loves it so much. |