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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do most STA boys go ED?[/quote]

Most, but not all, STA boys do apply ED.  My sense is that this is the same at other independent schools in this area, as well as kids at the many excellent public schools in the DMV area.  If you look at the numbers, ED gives a significant advantage, so if the student is ready to apply and feels he/she can feel good about a particular school, it makes a lot of sense to do it.  The "ED edge," so to speak, is one reason that affluent kids (not just those at independent schools -- I'm sure Whitman/Churchill/BCC have tons of early applicants) get a hidden advantage in the college process.  As observers might recall, a couple of years ago Harvard and Princeton tried doing away with ED, hoping to lead a trend, on the ground that it favors those with better access to advice on the process (thus, disproportionately affluent kids).  When nobody followed their lead and they thought they were losing kids to the other Ivies, they restored ED.[/quote]

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