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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]College admissions have simply been different the last few years. I don't get the feeling that the professionals even have a great idea of what to expect. Unfortunately, that uncertainly perpetuates the cycle of kids applying to more and more schools, which means lower and lower admissions rates at the "top" schools.

Our DC's experience:
- rejected from ED1. Heartbroken.
- Looked at their list of schools to see which offered ED2. There were 3-4 schools that were tied in their mind as next best, but only one offered ED2. So that is where they applied ED2. Parents would have picked a less competitive school as a safer bet. But the kid would have always wondered if they could have gotten in to ED2 if they had tried.
- Parents have panic attack and talk to school college counselor about the "what if" situation of them not getting in anywhere. Not reassured at all. Start researching colleges that accept applications after April 1. Add three more schools to their RD list with acceptance rates of 25-35%. Don't tell student about the "what if" plans.
- Student completes all the rest of their applications.
- Student gets in ED2 and withdraws their applications.

The ED2 school was supposedly more competitive than the ED1 school; 6% vs 13%.

What we learned:
- ED1 is really only for athletes and other kids who check special boxes of institutional priorities. It is a great way for them to ensure the stats for the incoming class look great to USNWR and up their rankings. 
- Even kids who thought they had athletic commits got screwed at ED1
- Even kids with stellar GPAs, amazing ECs, and checked diversity boxes were rejected ED1 (not our DC but their friends)
- It is a lottery.

Try to keep your kid from falling in love with a single school, but to find good things about all the schools on their lists and that they could be happy at any one of them. Happy kids make for better students, regardless of where they are.[/quote]

There you go! was that this year? could you share the schools? congrats!
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