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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FFS

Trying to game ED is bad advice, period, and OP--who seems to think that Pomona is an easier admit than Williams--is unusually poorly positioned to give it.[/quote]
Agreed. Even if one accepts OP's logic, what are they even recommending? Is it that really smart kids should ED to schools that are less selective than Williams (8%) or non-Cornell Ivies (3-5%) but more selective than Emory (11%), Cornell (8%), or Pomona (7%).

Anyhow, my kid was rejected from a high selective school in ED but got into four schools that were actually more selective in RD. There is little linear consistency among schools whose acceptance rates are below 10%. Many kids are rejected from Duke, Williams, Dartmouth, Pomona, or Northwestern who but accepted at Harvard, Princeton, Yale, MIT, and Stanford.

I'll also note that my kid's preferences also evolved from the time of their November ED application to the time they accepted an RD offer in April such that the ED school wouldn't have been the top choice had it remained an option. To be fair, I think my kid would be perfectly happy at their ED school had they been admitted, but I also think that the ability to attend several admitted students' days allowed my kid to ultimately choose a school that is a better fit. YMMV.[/quote]

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