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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OK let's do this with some hypotheticals. Suppose your child wants to attend a mid-sized college on the east coast with a business school. (I'm using all Catholic examples here to make it more apples:apples.) Your choices are (in order of difficulty of admission) Georgetown, BC, Villanova, Fordham, Providence. Let's say GU and BC are reaches, Villanova is a match, and Fordham and Providence are likelies.

Student decides their top choices are Georgetown and BC. Decides against Georgetown due to its EA policy. Decides BC is too much of a reach, so decides on Villanova for ED1. They love Villanova and, while they *like* Fordham and Providence, far prefer Villanova.

If deferred by Villanova in ED1, would you tell them to apply to Fordham ED2? Or roll the dice on BC as an ED2 pick and keep their Villanova dream alive?

This is the scenario we may find ourselves in (although, none of these five schools.) I am trying to help manage my kid's expectations -- for example, by finding more "target" schools.[/quote]

You outlined an example really well that I think is very typical.  Really helpful to lay it out.

I would caution that Villanova has so many applicants now that even tho they are not at the same level of GT and BC - their low acceptance rate makes them now a reach for all.  Smart to ED1 there.  Also smart to understand chances of deferral in that round are very high - we saw a ton of that the past two years.  For very high stats kids, too.

You didn’t mention EA but assuming you would also consider that.  Both Villanova and Providence offer.  If your DC likes Villanova have them research Providence - I hear great things from families with students at both.  Schedule an interview at Providence to demonstrate interest and increase chances of merit aid bc many Villanova applicants apply to PC.

I’m no help with advice about ED2 strategy bc your scenario is spot on and things are such a crapshoot.  If it helps at all my kid was deferred ED1 to a lottery school and then accepted RD.  Did not want to ED 2 anywhere else as held out hope.  High stats kid fit within schools’ stats but still a lottery.  We had emotionally moved on with some other EA acceptances until the good news.  My kid took the chance but in the mean time we helped them begin to be excited by and grateful to the schools that accepted them.

It would def be interesting to see % of students accepted RD who had been deferred by that school in ED 1 or 2.  I have no idea but my suspicion based on nothing is I think the chances are worse than RD.  All I have heard is that ED 2 acceptance rates are generally no better than RD.

Good luck to you both![/quote]

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