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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The problem is not ED per se.

The problem is he low-balled himself in ED.  He shoulda ED at the Columbia/Penn/Brown level.

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The problem is he ED’ed to a school that wasn’t actually his top choice. [/quote]

OP. Yes, he/we played the game. His first 3 choices were: Yale, Penn, Chicago. We felt that the odds of Yale were close to zero. Way too many amazing kids at his school. His ECs were below the level of the kids who ultimately got a Yale spot; national recognition was key. His second choice was Penn. Again, odds seemed very low. We discussed - is it worth giving up a 5% - 10% shot at Penn ED or RD for Chicago, which his GC thought was a likely match? And he was very clear that the answer was yes, he was ok with giving up the shot at Penn.

To be clear, DC hasn't expressed regret. But I feel like, if some of the potential RD options had been on the table - Cornell, Michigan, Georgetown were all somewhat but not much lower on his list - and he'd gone to visit, he might have gone to one of those instead. Closer to home and much less stressful.[/quote]

“Much less stressful” …. That is what we glean from your post… MIT is very stressful too..
If the kid bit more than he could chew , it would indeed be stressful [/quote]

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