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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Article in Ny times.. by Jeff Selingo

“That mind-set makes acceptance to a highly selective college feel like a game. The rules are set by colleges, then carried out by admissions offices, and are stacked against the vast majority of teenagers. Fewer than a tenth of applicants win that prize of getting into one of the nation’s most selective colleges. If that weren’t enough, every year elite colleges move the goal line with new rules for getting across it.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/opinion/college-admissions-seniors-stats.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

I doubt most people will learn anything from his book or article. We keep playing this game and colleges keep winning..[/quote]
Selingo says in this article you can’t do anything about the rules set by colleges. It’s called legislation. Abolish ED.[/quote]

For the last time, anyone can do ED.  You must simply run the NPC and be willing to accept the results.  
However, if you are full pay (90K) and cannot afford it, nothing changes with ED vs RD at any of these schools.  They still will not give you merit and make it "affordable".

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You seem to not get that ED was created to benefit colleges — and not the student consumer.[/quote]

So, I get that.  But it also benefits students who know where they want to attend/have a top choice and are willing to commit.  You can be done by Dec 15 and relax and enjoy your senior year.

And yes, most places with ED are private universities, they can do whatever they want to find the right class each year.  They are businesses that want to fill exactly X students for the fall.  This helps them hit that number more closely.

And yes you can do ED if you want. Nobody is forcing you to. But if you cannot afford it or need to "compare offers" then it's not for you.  You can still apply RD/EA to as many places as you want.  It's a choice you get to make
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It benefits students that are wealthy enough not to have to consider cost. Fixed that for you.[/quote]

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