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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The kid who ran the tables (5 Ivies plus Stanford, Duke, Hopkins, Northwestern, etc) in RD from our top private was a 4.0 (the school generally only graduates a 4.0 kid once every 5 years), 1600 etc.  [/quote]

Our private wouldn’t let someone run the table all. But similar kid at ours got into HYPS and Northwestern and Penn.[/quote]

Yeah, they got deferred ED/SCEA and then applied everywhere. It isn't commonly done at this high school (kids generally don't want to screw over their classmates) and a lot of people were not happy about this kid doing it and college guidance did not refuse to send the transcripts.

Just sharing for purpose of this post-- this are the stats of a kid who got a lot of RD acceptances. 
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I don't get why people would be unhappy about him applying to more colleges in the RD round, after being deferred in the early round? Geez. That is some serious policing there. [/quote]

I agree. It sucks for the rest of the class, obviously. But the kid didn't do anything wrong. The process is absolutely unpredictable (hence OP's question) and the deferral put that kid in a position where they needed to apply widely because it was impossible to know how it would play out in RD. Sucks for everyone involved.

Meanwhile, we have a kid at our school who is in SCEA at Stanford (or whatever they call non-binding early action there), but still trying to run the table on the T20.

But like most things, it's not black and white - there are multiple factors at play. DC recognizes that yes, this kid has always been a status hound. But there's also a financial component. Though merit aid is rare and hard to land at the T20 schools, it does exist. Nothing wrong with the kid taking a shot at that as it would be a massive factor in his (and his family's) decision.

Ultimately, we're opting to take the high road when it comes to other kids' and families' choices. Nobody's looking to screw their classmates over - they're just trying to navigate an inherently unpredictable an inefficient process. Live and let live. [/quote]

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