ED is the name of the game

[Anonymous]

The other side of ED regret is the second guessing for those who didn’t ED anywhere and gambled with RD. Would they have gotten into a more selective school had they applied ED somewhere? The grass is always greener…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:ED is for schools, athletes, and suckers. Everyone who plays falls into one of those three buckets.

Wrong. ED is for students who have an absolute top choice school and want to show that school that they will attend if accepted. It benefits the student just as much as the school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:ED is for schools, athletes, and suckers. Everyone who plays falls into one of those three buckets.

Wrong. ED is for students who have an absolute top choice school and want to show that school that they will attend if accepted. It benefits the student just as much as the school.

+1

Kids are applying to 10-15 schools , but can only attend ONE when the process is over.

A strategic ED choice for a applicant's #1 option is a smart one. The NPC isn't going to magically change in RD.

[Anonymous]

This thread is depressing for those awaiting RD decisions

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:ED is for schools, athletes, and suckers. Everyone who plays falls into one of those three buckets.

Wrong. ED is for students who have an absolute top choice school and want to show that school that they will attend if accepted. It benefits the student just as much as the school.

+1

Kids are applying to 10-15 schools , but can only attend ONE when the process is over.

A strategic ED choice for a applicant's #1 option is a smart one. The NPC isn't going to magically change in RD.

Exactly. I have to wonder why the hate for ED. No one is forced to apply ED, so if you're uncomfortable with it - don't! The people who ARE ready to commit should absolutely have that option. Every school should offer ED.

[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.

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.

so you've said. the rest of us disagree. enjoy Indiana - it really is good, no shade. but, shocker, not where my kid wanted to go!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:ED is for schools, athletes, and suckers. Everyone who plays falls into one of those three buckets.

Wrong. ED is for students who have an absolute top choice school and want to show that school that they will attend if accepted. It benefits the student just as much as the school.

+1

Kids are applying to 10-15 schools , but can only attend ONE when the process is over.

A strategic ED choice for a applicant's #1 option is a smart one. The NPC isn't going to magically change in RD.

Exactly. I have to wonder why the hate for ED. No one is forced to apply ED, so if you're uncomfortable with it - don't! The people who ARE ready to commit should absolutely have that option. Every school should offer ED.

It's the striver mom who cannot handle the thought that because something - that for whatever reason - does not work for their snowflake cannot possibly be a good idea for anyone else. So striver mom does everything to put down that other thing. Here's its ED. But striver mom is everywhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

+1 🤣

[Anonymous]

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.

Who is this annoying middle-aged loser throwing around millennial insults??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:ED is for schools, athletes, and suckers. Everyone who plays falls into one of those three buckets.

Wrong. ED is for students who have an absolute top choice school and want to show that school that they will attend if accepted. It benefits the student just as much as the school.

+1

Kids are applying to 10-15 schools , but can only attend ONE when the process is over.

A strategic ED choice for a applicant's #1 option is a smart one. The NPC isn't going to magically change in RD.

Exactly. I have to wonder why the hate for ED. No one is forced to apply ED, so if you're uncomfortable with it - don't! The people who ARE ready to commit should absolutely have that option. Every school should offer ED.

It's the striver mom who cannot handle the thought that because something - that for whatever reason - does not work for their snowflake cannot possibly be a good idea for anyone else. So striver mom does everything to put down that other thing. Here's its ED. But striver mom is everywhere.

I'm the PP - who are you referring to?

[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.

Very true

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For high stats kids. EA and RD are crapshoots.

Ymmv. Both mine unhooked accepted RD in T10/ivy. For true top kids they can get in to at least one of those schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

Does Chicago actually take that many in ED? My dc is a jr and it’s the top choice rn. I feel like it’s a high reach for everyone.

[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?

Penn takes slightly less ED than Duke, per % of the admitted class. The difference is negligible as both are just less than half ED, but Penn is no where near Chicago taking 3/4 or more of the class through ED0(summer), 1, 2, or Hopkins with Ed1 and 2.

[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.

Why is this egregious? Bc your kid can’t use it as RD backup?