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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are you full pay?  Are you or spouse legacy at any of the three?

ED is the way that schools make sure they have a certain % of full pay.  Even with stats you describe, applying to any of those three schools from this area full of overachievers is a crap shoot unless you are super rich/famous/powerful and/or your kid has some fairly uncommon attributes above and beyond the typical high achiever norm---like being a world class athlete in fencing while also doing community service projects while speaking Urdu.

So if he loves Duke and you aren't Harvard/Princeton legacies, then he should do Duke ED.  If one of you is a Harvard/Princeton legacy, then I might wait.[/quote]

We are expecting to be full pay although we will submit financial aid documents, and we are not legacy at any of the three unfortunately.

My son does have some fairly uncommon and competitive awards which the guidance counselor thinks will give him a foot in the door at some of these schools, so he may not be as cookie cutter as I initially presented. I agree that this area is highly competitive for Duke and ivy league schools. Thank you.[/quote]

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