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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Aren't you supposed to ED reaches?  Other kid has top grades on a demanding schedule is thinking of EDing Yale or Dartmouth. I am telling him Dartmouth because a little easier.  [/quote]

You should do ED if your stats are a match or above for a first choice school that is highly selective enough that it is a reach even for those who are above stats.  It's often considered a waste of ED if you fall below any 50% metric in a school where you have no hook and the overall acceptance rate is below 25-30% unless it truly is your top school.  If you're just trying to get into a top SLAC and doesn't matter which one among a few, should choose the one where you are most likely (e.g. have a hook they value, stats that are nearer the 75%ile).  ED really only gets you a very slight advantage if you're already a match.  They are happy to have ED candidates to defer/reject since ED is coming under scrutiny.

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Agreed. Our kids (and a number of our friends’ kids) burned the ED by thinking it was a ticket to apply well above their qualifications. It wasn’t realistic and we’d do it differently. ED once normalized for more competitive pool and athletes (the unavailability of data relating to the latter making said normalization impossible) isn’t the advantage advertised. My advice would be to treat it as a minor bump to an application. These schools can find their 25th percentile applicants with their eyes closed, so don’t expect them to get too excited. Use it for a reach, absolutely, but a modest one. [/quote]

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