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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is what the early or rolling app colleges are hoping for. Your kid is falling right into their trap. [/quote]

It's not a trap.  Kid's get more interested in schools they know they are already accepted to.  Smart move on most schools part.   My kid had a "summer before senior year---hell no I'm not applying to a T50 school, don't like where it is" to "ooh, let's add that school as it seems like it has everything I want (size, ability to switch majors, great engineering and great for my major) except location isn't the best and they have EA with results in Dec and no extra essays, and my SAT/GPA are at ~80% and it's a true target that I have a good shot at getting into"   Kid did 1 online session/tour and no other demonstrated interest.  By xmas, this school and their real safety/likely were the only schools they had heard back from (except the deferral from ED1).  They got into both of those with great merit.  It was mid-late March before my kid heard back from the rest of the schools they really cared about (heard from 3 other safeties and was in).  So my kid had 3 months with only 2 acceptances (and an ED1 deferral), so we encouraged them to research both schools and talked them up.  We knew they'd likely get into their 2nd choice, but just in case we wanted them to go in being excited about the school they hadn't visited and was a better school than their safety/likely.

My kid went from Dec: I'm attending my safety, don't want the better school in not best location (Case) to (in early January) I'm attending Case because it is a better school than the safety and other than location it's an amazing school to let's compare my 2nd choice and Case once they got the acceptance in late March.  In the end there was no comparison, my kid loved the other school and it's the better fit (and it's still not the most exciting place/town).  But mentally they were prepared to be excited for their other 2 choices because as a parent it's my job to help them prepare for possible rejection and to be excited about the amazing choices they have.  Spend those 3 months researching the options you know are possible so you are prepared to make a sound decision if there are no other acceptances.  Remind them they applied for a reason---My kid even decided to add this school at the last minute after initially rejecting, so they realized it would be a good fit (maybe not the best but a good fit and it's a great school).  [/quote]

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