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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't get why OP thinks having greater certainty about their in-state option would manifestly change the process, especially for private schools.[/quote]
~75% of students attend public colleges and universities. Many of these students have an in-state public school as their 1st choice. Get these students settled ASAP so that they aren't submitting applications to additional schools, just because of uncertainty. Having an idea of where they fit academically can help students refine which public schools are appropriate to apply to. (e.g. if you didn't get into your state flagship for engineering, you are not getting in to MIT). Knowing what their financial options are from the public university also reduces applications to private. How many kids now turn down acceptances to Ivies because they got a full ride scholarship at a public university? (Hint: it's not negligible.)

Also, no reason that the privates couldn't band together to do something similar with ranking.[/quote]

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