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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a junior and I can't believe he'll have enough info to ED in under a year.

We've seen a few colleges and will spend more weekends and all of Spring Break looking. I like the olden days when you also get an accepted weekend, etc to decide.  Now it seems like game is to ED somewhere.  Are kids confident enough btw junior and senior year?  Or is ED for kids who have always known they wanted XYZ college?[/quote]
It’s really for kids who have always wanted to go somewhere or [b]who discover a really great fit with exactly what they want and know they fit well with the schoo[/b]l. These kids have high rates of acceptance because the school really is a good fit and they communicate that well in the application.

The problem is that everyone sees those high rates and assumes somehow that applying early decision is a special advantage, so they pick a reach school for ED and hope they get in. For all of the talk about ED, remember that you don’t really hear about all the kids that didn’t get it. It’s not how the majority of students end up at the final school.

My DC2 had excellent qualifications but was interested in several specific programs at different schools and was wise enough to recognize that they weren’t ready to commit Nov 1. They applied to 4 schools EA and 4 schools RD. Got into 3 Ivys and 2 other top 20 plus state flagship. Picked a top 20. ED isn’t required for acceptance at top schools. If the kid isn’t sure, don’t just randomly apply ED.[/quote]

This was my DC. But she didn't treat it as a "dream school," she felt it was a clear first choice, it wasn't too high of a reach, and it fit all of our financial criteria. Having said that, she also had a long list of other schools that she would have been happy to attend, had the ED not worked out. I agree that the "dream school" scenario is a recipe for disaster, especially thes days. Why make the kid feel like a failure for not getting into a total long shot when there are so many great colleges out there? Not something we should burden our kids with at this stage in their lives.[/quote]

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