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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Those schools should switch to common app. Common app doesn’t allow more than one ED.

I love ED and hope it lasts at least long enough for my second child! It’s a great option for kids not wanting to play the field. DD had a very realistic first choice and wanted an answer as soon as possible. It was great.[/quote]

Oh, Common App is very easy to get around.  You apply apply EA via the Common App and then just switch your "Decision Round" to ED in the school's portal.  As you long as you can get a school counselor to sign the form, there is zero limit to the number of schools you can apply ED to.     [/quote]

Well that’s on the counselor then. I highly doubt a public school counselor such as our would allow it. Regardless, we used ED as intended and it worked beautifully for us. I’m so tired of upper middle class whiners claiming that ED won’t let them shop merit aid. Boo-effing-hoo. Kids with true need do fine in ED. Use the NPC and apply places you can afford. You’ll live. [/quote]

Why do some parents still not get this?  T20 schools give little to no merit aid.  Period.  Use the NPC.  If you cannot afford, move on and focus on public in-state universities or the schools that do give merit aid.

We ran this calculator when DS was born and now facing the actual cost, it turned out to be pretty damn accurate.  We knew that if we wanted him to be able to attend an Ivy, we would need to save agressively.  There is no way we would be able to afford a private college on our salaries if we had not planned ahead and saved. I have zero patience for upper-middle class parents who claim they are blindsided by the cost of college and they start whining about ED being unfair.   https://vanguardcollege.ssnc.cloud/csp.php[/quote]

If you can not afford a school with ED, its package wont change for EA/RD.  You still wont be able to afford it.  
What they really want is "If my kid doesn't get a great merit package to something in the 20-50 range at a school we deem good enough, then I will figure out how to pay for the T20, but we want the opportunity to wait and decide".  
Otherwise, they still wont be going to the ED choice.

ED works well.  You run the NPC and decide "yes I can affrod it" or "no I cannot afford it" 
Then apply accordingly.  Everyone can do ED if they want.  But merit ain't coming from most T25 schools if that is what you need.

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