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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP again.  In looking at the statistics, it doesn't seem that Stanford gives a significant advantage to early action applicants, unlike some of the other top schools.  Would it make sense for DD to pick a different school as her early action choice even though Stanford is her first choice?[/quote]

Good question.  We went through this thought exercise with our DC who was looking at a different comparably selective school.  Given the odds of any student getting in with even the best of statistics, we thought applying to non-single choice early action schools (U Chicago and Georgetown) made sense.  If DC then got into one or both of them it would cross out other backups on the list, and then go for the highly desired school(s) for regular app.  Our DC disagreed and wanted to go for the first choice early b/c if DC got in then he would be done and be spared months of uncertainty.  In that situation, you need to defer to your student -- it is her life.   In our case, it turned out  DC was right and the second half of senior year was much less stressful. Good luck to your student.[/quote]

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