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[quote=Anonymous]The Regular Decision acceptance rate at schools like Northwestern, Vanderbilt, Penn, Rice, Brown, and Duke is ridiculously low. I think it was 3 percent at Vanderbilt this year. I’m sure the others are similar. When we did the Penn tour, the guide really encouraged people to apply ED because otherwise it becomes a lottery.

If you have a strong student and one of those schools is a definite first choice, I don’t see why you wouldn’t apply ED. They all give exceptionally good financial aid. Run the NPC and if that number works and the kid has the stats and ECs, go for it.

The downside of course is that you don’t get to shoot your shot at Stanford or MIT or Princeton or wherever. So if applying ED, it’s important that it is a genuine first choice school.

I personally hate ED. It compels everyone to game play. When acceptance rates are 10 to 20 percent in ED vs 3 to 5 percent in RD, it forces everyone to think strategically. Which is not ideal. We all want a system where students can consider all their options. But it is what it is.[/quote]

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