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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, it is, given ED is creeping up to north of 40 percent[/quote]

A, that’s dramatically inflated by recruited athletes, who aren’t looking for safeties. And B, 40% is now a safety? Terrible take. Do better.

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The take was not easybecause it was 8%.  That number is not a real reflection of what it is like to get in to many of these very good schools.  Multiple rounds of ED require a more nuanced approach to reach/match/safety calculations or perhaps just a recognition that such a breakdown is simply  not relevant.[/quote]

Yes, the overall 8% is actually higher than any “regular” kid could expect, because at small schools like Colby there is a significant percentage of recruited athletes and their acceptance rate is something very close to 100%. The poster could have made a good point by asserting that beyond a certain level of LAC admission is pretty easy. But is sure isn’t at number 11. Even in the sixties and seventies they are rejecting about half of applicants. [/quote]

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