What do you wish someone had told you when you started your college search with DC?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you have a high-stats kid aiming for an Ivy, don't get suckered into ED-ing a runner up like Chicago or JHU.

So long as you are comfortable with UMD after getting rejected by all in an RD round bloodbath…

[Anonymous]

Varsity high school sports takes up a lot of time and attention and I'm not sure it was the best use of DS's time. Focus on schoolwork did suffer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you have a high-stats kid aiming for an Ivy, don't get suckered into ED-ing a runner up like Chicago or JHU.

So long as you are comfortable with UMD after getting rejected by all in an RD round bloodbath…

Not our experience. RD went MUCH better than REA/SCEA at our school. And waitlists really moved, even for Ivies. Kids got off the WL at Penn, Duke, Cornell, and many more

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Varsity high school sports takes up a lot of time and attention and I'm not sure it was the best use of DS's time. Focus on schoolwork did suffer.

Agree. In hindsight I would have limited DC to one sport. Just said no. It is what it is.