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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My question arose after reading another thread about kids top 3 college choices. One parent listed her daughter's top 3 choices as Stanford, Harvard, and Princeton and stated that the daughter had the stats to enter the Stanford, Harvard, and Princeton lotteries. With admission rates below 5%, the concern arose about what opportunities a high stats kid sacrifices by foregoing ED options to target these three ultra selective schools. Many private National Universities with overall admission rates under 10% have RD admission rates much closer to 5% due to the number of spots taken by ED admits. Is it wise to sacrifice ED opportunities to an elite school for an unhooked high stats applicant for a lottery shot at Stanford, Harvard, and Princeton ?[/quote]

I would say no. The acceptance margin for scea isn't that much greater than rd, especially if you remove the recruits, legacies etc. They are likely looking for the pointy kids who have something they want in the early round. Unhooked admission would be really slim, maybe even worse than rd because the early deadline leaves less time to accrue awards. But if the kid doesn't love an ED, you don't want the possibility that they end up committed somewhere they aren't thrilled about. Even if it is a top school. [/quote]

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