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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here's a different perspective: we picked a school and encouraged our kid to ED there. It was the only school he toured officially in person (pandemic restrictions, -only an outside tour.) The school met his criteria, which were fairly minimal, and ours which were more specific. It was also the most selective school that we thought he had a reasonable chance of admissions, and one where ED made a big difference in the odds. He got in and two years later he loves the school and is doing really well academically.

This sounds painfully practical and probably was only possible with a very easy-going kid. [b]But I really think one of the many problems with our college admissions process is that it is treated like a teenage romance novel when it is really an economic and strategic decision. [/b]My second kid will be much less easily persuaded but we're making sure he understands that there's no such thing as a "dream school" and that fixating your 16/17/18yo brain on one option in such an irrational process does not set you up for success. [/quote]

I could not agree more with the bolded sentiment. [/quote]

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