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[quote=Anonymous]Just here to concur with a pp a few pages back: If possible have your high stat kid visit the  dream schools  before making ED/REA/EA decisions. We did that just last week, saw every Ivy from Boston to Philadelphia, and it really helped de-mystify some of these schools for my kid. Harvard/Cambridge was the only place he could truly see himself living for 4 years.

After some deliberation, he's decided not to take the chance of missing out ED at a top college where he has a v good chance of acceptance acc to his school counselor.

Got this text from him just this morning - it's kind of long, but shows his thinking about this issue over the past few days.

[quote] I don't think it's smart to apply to a lot of schools right now. I think [the top school he will ED to] is an excellent school for my career, has all the opportunities I need, access to [our closest urban area] which is where I want to work ultimately.

HYPSM would be cool and it would be developmentally good for me to live somewhere else for a while but the admissions process is insane and unnecessarily stressful. I didn't even like most of the schools better than [his ED school] and I will focus now on building my knowledge, networking opportunities here.

If I was a super cracked applicant or had lots of interest in other t20 schools it would be different. But I'll let everyone else fuss with writing 40 essays or doing 20 apps senior year and I will skip all the drama.

My [ED school] will open doors for me just as well as Harvard, especially with [the intended major/program he's excited about] and where I plan to live/work after college.[/quote]

The trip we made was exhausting but well worth this conclusion.  Cant tell you how much I was dreading all the essays and, yes, drama,  he was setting himself up for, along with a "devious" (as the kids say) senior year schedule. He does have 2 or 3 back-ups (will EA ) that he'd be happy to attend if this school doesn't work out.

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