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[quote=Anonymous]I'll give another perspective, which is that ED is a really valuable strategic option if your kid is prepared to think that way. My current HS senior is one of those kids who's generally pretty easy-going. He gets along with everyone and he's likely to be comfortable where ever he winds up - a real 'bloom-where-you're-planted' kind of a kid. His only prerequisite was not to be anywhere with hot weather, he's not into partying or sports, and in general we thought he'd be best served by a smaller school. So that narrowed the list somewhat and then we looked for schools where he might be most competitive and where ED odds were significantly better than RD odds. Took him to one school on a visit, he liked it, and that was the ED application. He got lucky and was accepted. He had a bunch of other EA & RD apps (since withdrawn) and we were ready to road trip to pick an ED2 had he needed it.

Maybe my kid is a total weirdo but he never fixated on a single place and we never talked about falling in love with a school. The process was still super hellish, but taking out the emotional part and just being practical about making sure that he used his ED shot(s) in the smartest way really simplified things a lot. And yes, being full pay is a huge help, although it still stung a bit to get a big merit offer from one of his EA safeties right after he got the ED admit from a school that doesn't give merit.[/quote]

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