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Is this a troll? Most ED/EA deadlines are Nov 1st.

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Obviously the deadlines are Nov 1. Ergo the verbiage in the original post about submitting the two apps a few days after the deadline since the supplements are lacking. [/quote]

Hmm. Well, if you're not a troll, you should give a veneer of help, so that in this heightened state of stress, nobody can come back and accuse you of sabotaging your sister's chances at an Ivy. For some reason, I feel your family would stoop that low. Polish off her supplementals, she sends them in whenever, and that's it. She doesn't get in, she gets into the tier below UMD, and after much water under the bridge has passed, I'm sure she'll be a little miffed that her parents made her stress out so much during fall of senior year.

I understand that YOU are angry that your parents don't see the difference in work ethic/achievement between you and your siblings. Maybe secretly they know, but they can't help rolling the dice again.[/quote]

They realize the difference in grades, etc. But like you intimated, it is a lottery to them. They think there is some chance. What they fail to realize is college admissions, particularly at elite schools,  are not a lottery when you do not meet some of the basic criteria-- grades/blemished transcript, etc. You can argue it gets to lottery level schools are choosing between applicants that have the required stats to get in. [/quote]

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