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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids a junior and, so far, really likes the LACs we've seen including Bowdoin and Middlebury. Prefers them over the medium and large schools we've seen. Touring Williams, Colgate, Hamilton, etc this February break.

Kid is not an athlete and only hook is coming from a good private.

[b]Wondering if there's any use in trying to discern a favorite for ED purposes. Or doing the opposite - reminding kid that there's no advantage to EDing if not an athlete so let's keep our hearts open. [/b]

But truth is, I dont know if there is or is not an advantage to EDing to these schools as a non-athlete. Not concerned with getting into the Hamilton-tier schools. Naviance makes those look pretty safe. Student has stats, grades, pointing interest with national awards .. the application will be strong in time for an ED. I just don't know if it's worth it for the most competitive places like Williams and Bowdoin.

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From our experience, DS is a strong non-athlete male student who got rejected from his favorite LAC (that takes lots of athletes in ED). He is applying to many more LACs that will be just as wonderful RD. What worked well for him is setting expectations, he knew it was a big reach that was unlikely to come through and now it's out of the way and he can focus on all the others. When he wrote his RD applications over the holidays he realized they all  will give him a similar small class size experience and all offer the same subjects. There's really not much difference among them.[/quote]

Define strong? Yes, most of the LACs offer a similiar experience.[/quote]

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