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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP you're kidding yourself if you think that SLACs give preferential ED admissions to most or all athletes. [/quote]

Are you kidding? It is the quid pro quo for recruitment. No ED no support is the rule.[/quote]

Correct (or more limited support, depending on the SLAC). At the school where my kid committed they were very up front about this at the general senior visit program. Almost half of the ED1 admits were committed athletes. Almost all had a positive pre-read and many had gotten a merit pre-read. The latter is available to all students who want to apply ED, not just recruits. [/quote]

So half the spots were already spoken for with athletes who had passed the pre-read prior to applying ED? That's 100% acceptance rate for half the ED pool. Just imagine how low the acceptance rate for the other half of the ED pool if the final ED acceptance rate is only 15% Or even up to 30%? It's very misleading when half spots are claimed by athletes with a 100% acceptance rate through passing pre-read plus coach support.

My DS was going to apply ED to WASP+, but is now applying ED to WashU.[/quote]

Tbh WashU is better than most of the SLACs discussed on this thread, except for maybe Williams. WashU is an excellent school with so many opportunities and a very supportive and LARGER alumni group compared to small LACs. [/quote]

I work on Wall Street and am surrounded by peers who attended SLACs. I have never met a single WashU alum through my work. I always assumed you choose that school if you want to stay in the Midwest upon gradation. Just like you go to Oxford and Cambridge if you want to live in Europe and to UCLA & USC and the likes if you want to build your network for Hollywood/LA. [/quote]

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