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[quote=Anonymous]I’ll give another perspective. My kid did this last year- had identical stats to OP’s kid, plus strong but not “national award level” ECs, strong essays, etc.

Was weighing a Wash U type college and Penn type college for ED right up to the deadline,   Part of me hoped he’d shoot for the Penn type and other conservative part of me hoped he’d go for the more likely admit. He went for the Wash U/more likely admit (in large part bc his private counselor urged it), got in and was happy, except that 3 other kids from his class did, too, which diluated some of his joy at the “accomplishment.” Then fast forward to the spring when lots of classmates who had aimed for the Penn type in ED and been rejected or deferred, then got into very top notch colleges in the RD round. DC felt kind of like he’d sold himself short, and why did he bust his butt on all the top classes, etc to land at a good but not top 10 college.

He’s happy at his place but I know he wonders if he could have aimed higher and succeeded. [/quote]

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