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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What would be the point of strategizing to increase odds of going to school that wasn’t his first choice?[/quote]

That was my thinking (and his too).  But other threads mention changing ED based on other kids applying and needing to ask for recs super early to get best teachers (my kid just picked his favorite teachers) and working harder for teachers who write recs (my kid has to work hard in all his classes).

Thanks for the reassurance that our family isn’t the only ones out there thinking like this.[/quote]

My kids are at top privates and that poster sounds unhinged to me.  Private does sometimes provide opportunities to know the teachers better, but the machinations described don’t match our experience and seem unlikely to matter in the end,[/quote]

+1.  My DD's private (120 seniors) typically had 0 or 1 acceptance each year (out of 5-8 applicants) to a particular Ivy that offers ED.  The year my DD applied to the Ivy there were 4 ED applicants and all four -- including my DD -- were accepted.  And another student was accepted RD.  Point is that it would be foolish not to apply to favored ED school just because other kids in your school are applying ED.  There are no rules about how many kids will be accepted ED.

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