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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Mom of HS freshman here, and much of this discussion is new to me.  Have been googling to read more about this and it seems that if you apply to a top private REA/SCEA, you may still apply to any university - public or private - via rolling admissions, presumably because they are not considered competition for the top privates.

So am thinking that if a kid has a rolling admissions school or three that they like and apply in late August/early September, they could potentially get an early acceptance before hearing from the REA/SCEA school. Correct?

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Yes, and that’s a good strategy, but there are relatively few rolling admissions schools left (and fewer every year, it seems) and of those, only a portion that a student who considers themselves a serious candidate for an SCEA school would be happy to attend. I know there are exceptions, and I am not an expert on Rolling Admissions, but I do realize there are some good options. Pitt is one that has become very popular as a likely option, and I believe some of big Southern Schools (Auburn, Clemson?) have become really popular in recent years and still have rolling admissions. On the other hand, there are many private EA schools that a student would be unlikely to choose over their SCEA schools but they might be happy to attend. [b]In RD it can get more difficult to get in to those schools, which in some cases have already admitted a large number of applicants in EA. Add the complication that more and more EA schools seem to be adding ED as well, and RD just gets harder.  [/b]

When my DS 17 graduated HS, Tulane and Michigan still had rolling admissions, and that feels like a million years ago.

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Appreciate the response.

As for the bolded, does anyone know at what point on the USNWR scale (since it's one we are all familiar with) that it becomes difficult to be admitted via RD?  Top 40? 50? 100? [/quote]

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