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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here with an update.  Hamilton coach came back after pre read and said they would support DD in an ED1 application.  Colby coach seems to have ghosted kid.  I understand if their roster changes but it's not a great look to just ignore kids emails.  My DD has emailed several times asking Coach to just let her know if she is no longer on his list but no word back at all :(

I'm thrilled with Hamilton but DD still thinks she wants to go aggressive and try her luck at ED1 Middlebury/Bowdoin.  I'm hoping when school reopens the counselors can talk to her more about her odds.  No point in my being the bad guy in this process which is how it will turn out if I try to influence her decision making. [/quote]

Seems like the right approach to take as a parent IF you've walked through with her what could happy (end up with none of these schools) and how she would feel about that. If she's ok with that, then I understand why you would support her decision to "go aggressive."  Don't push it off on the school to have that conversation with her.  One of my closest friends could not convince her DD to not use her ED opportunity at an Ivy and pushed the school to convincer her.  They couldn't either. Results were devastating - deferred at ED then rejected at RD, waitlisted at her other schools, accepted at state flagship for a spring admit.  She will always wonder if things would be different if she hadn't gone "aggressive."

I assume you have visited all of these campuses so she's making a reasoned decision that she is able to articulate.  My kid attends a NESCAC, my husband attended another, I have multiple family members who have attended NESCACS, and good friends and their kids who attended others.  These schools are all far more similar than different (other than Tufts maybe due to its size and more urban location) so I admit that I wonder why your DD would give up a nearly certain spot at Hamilton for a roll of the dice, especially if she would be happy at Hamilton even if it wasn't her first choice.  Good luck to her.  I hope it works out in one way or another.   [/quote]

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