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[quote=Anonymous]Kids who apply ED, can afford it, but then don't withdraw their other applications make things really difficult for teachers writing recommendations.

Teachers want to be able to write the best letter they can for a student. But they can't say that everyone is the best they've ever had if every school is reading the recommendation letter. But they can shade the truth if they know the schools to which each kid applies.

So if the top student that year, the new "Best they've ever had", gets in ED at School A, then the teacher can look to see who applies to Schools B, C and D. If #2 applies to B and D, then #2 is the "top student they've ever had". #3 gets to be the "top student they've ever had" at School C. That way you turn the "best student you've ever had" message into three students getting that support across four schools.

That's effective recommendation writing. But it falls apart if #1 takes the teacher's letter from the ED process at School A, and sends it off to Schools B, C and D. It harms not just those three students to show the teacher gaming the recommendation system, but it vaporizes the teacher's credibility for any future rec letters.[/quote]

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