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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DC was very similar unhooked high stats kid but with stronger EC's (leadership, couple of national awards).  He did not want to ED, had a pretty allergic reaction to it.  The discussions around this with him were the most interesting of the college process. Turns out my kid has a totally different risk profile (at least at this age) than his parents.  He valued regret minimization (i.e. never knowing what could have been and feeling that he settled) over risk minimization of ED and getting in to say UChicago.   
I think the kid has to make the final call but have a serious discussion with them using the negative outcomes of each path, i.e. you get in to your ED but then your friend with lower stats gets in RD to your real dream school or you don't ED and then everyone else gets in and is done, your spend 4 more months in limbo and end up at a school no better than where you probably could have gotten in ED?  [/quote]

spot on!--you are absolutely right regret vs maximization--where did he end up? ps kid is president of two stem clubs that are very active, but no national awards[/quote]
He ended up at an Ivy, also got into to Rice, Williams, Amherst, Cal, UCLA, UMich Honors, UVA so he was super happy he didn't ED.  However, Jan-March were pretty painful, especially the pressure to EDII. That was worse than the EDI decision frankly, the colleges nag them to convert to it, the school counselors pressure them and they have friends who are basically able to fully check out on 2nd semester senior year while they are still totally tortured by it.  
Look hard at your schools data with him in thinking through this. [/quote]

What major?[/quote]

found the PP results by searching here - pasted below. link at end.

First off good luck to you and your student-its tough, there just aren't enough spots and you have no way of knowing how many spots are really available (legacies+athletes+institutional priorities)

My son: Chem Major, 1540 SAT (1 take), 3.98/4.46 GPA, Max rigor 10 AP's (all 5's) and the rest honors/Advanced topic, StuCo all 4 years (inc ASB Pres), [b]national awards for debate, [/b]volunteer math/science tutor for First Gen kids, theater (lead roles) and music (competition a cappella team) and [b]research submitted for publication.[/b]

He didn't ED-really hated the idea of binding to a school and never knowing what his choices might have been.

Accepted: Cal, Columbia (he is attending), Rice, Williams, Amherst, UMich (EA), UVA (EA) Lehigh, UCSD
Waitlisted: Brown, UCLA, Tulane, CMU, UChicago
Denied: Harvard, Duke, Yale, Tufts

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/180/1286168.page#30551370
(this post is actually SUPER helpful. just found it.)[/quote]

This kid has national awards, so fills a "bucket" when AO are looking for talent/ability (so the kid gets extra points there).....not similar to the OP.

Very helpful older post.[/quote]

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