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[quote=Anonymous]The student will be fine as long as they have a good application strategy - if your HS counselor (not private) is telling you to REA/SCEA HYPS, it means they know who else is applying and that you at least have a shot, however remote. But I would do it only if it is your absolute first choice - at our HS, SCEA/REA to those schools is considered binding, which is the only reason they offer a slight admissions boost for uhooked students. This student would likely get into a highly selective school ED2 if they were interested in UChicago, WashU, Emory, Vanderbilt, HM. But I also think they would fare well in RD as long as the applications are very strong. Every year we have a very small number of top GPA/score kids (4.0, 1600) who get shut out of the Top20 schools they want (HYPSM+), and end up at Cornell, Georgetown, or WASP (those are schools that do not yield protect at all from our HS). The Naviance from your own HS will help a lot in finalizing your student's list. GL![/quote]

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