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[quote=Anonymous]I think when a student is trying to decide between two schools that you should look deeper at majors, faculty, and facilities.  And at likely post college job markets.  Majors can be nationally recruited or more regionally recruited.  Internship patterns vary.  Michigan has tighter ties to LA, NYC Metro, and Chicago than DMV.  (Due to alumni distribution and job patterns.)

I also think that people should favor their in-state selective flagship/selective flagship majors when there are substantial cost differences.  I completely see the logic of UVA for Virginians and UMD-CP for engineering vs. OOS Michigan.  And of choosing a school that's strong with placements in an industry you want to enter (e.g. various NYC schools for Wall Street if you likely can't get into Wharton).

OP, are you able to identify the other choice, possible majors, and any tentative pros and cons your kid has identified?  Maybe additional information could help us help you.

Regarding ED, if there was a clear first choice and money is no object, for sure I would do it.  If you can't make that commitment, getting an app in earlier than the EA deadline would probably help.  Because DMV is somewhat of a small pool of applicants relatively speaking.  You want to do whatever you can to show commitment and early submission does that.  It also gives you the ability to go to webinar/fairs/school visits and say your application is in.

If money is an issue, I would ED to the other school if it offers a lot of merit to high-stats students based on publicly-shared criteria.  For example, if they have a competition for full-rides or if there are a lot of designated scholarships that you can apply for.  Michigan LSA actually has full webpage transparency on available merit but there are not a lot of general purpose merit scholarships in the list.  The scholarships are mostly for top kids interested in select majors.

https://lsa.umich.edu/scholarships/prospective-students/merit-scholarships.html

I wouldn't make the ED decision based on optimizing chances (which ED is more likely to result in an acceptance). It needs to be based on the student's aspirations and preferences.

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