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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What ED takes away from students is information.

Information about what other schools might accept them, and at what price.

Information about how they personally might change between October and May. Information about how colleges and the world might change between October and May.

Thus ED deprives students of the opportunity to make an informed decision. [/quote]

AND THE STUDENTS ACCEPT THIS WHEN THEY DECIDE TO APPLY ED. NOBODY IS FORCING THEM.

These 'arguments' against it make zero sense or are deliberately obtuse.[/quote]

OP said ED feels like a scam. I’m not “arguing against ED,” I’m explaining [i]why ED feels like a scam[/i]. It is characteristic of scams that they are (a) optional but (b) effectively pressure people to make decisions with incomplete information (c) in order to obtain a perceived benefit. [/quote]

It's not a "perceived benefit," it is an actual benefit. Also, if the ED school is the one you actually want to attend -- and that is the only reason anyone should apply ED -- then it isn't "incomplete information" either.

I have one who did not apply ED anywhere because no school was his clear favorite, and he had many options to choose from with merit. I have one who had a clear first choice, applied ED, got in with merit. Both are happy and thriving where they are.[/quote]

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