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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does the Common Data Set break down where the students are from?  We are new to the college scene (our oldest is a HS sophomore) and ODC really wants to go to VA Tech.  If we look at the statistics from the school (I haven't looked at CDS- more global stats) he is a shoe in, but if we look at the stats from students getting in from his HS, he is in the middle.  Plus, he wants to go to the Engineering College and that is supposed to be more competitive- but I haven't scene scores/GPAs... broken down by College for Tech )or others schools) either.  We did notice that the GPA for early action(?) was .2 lower than the average overall for his HS[/quote]

Early Decision is another tool many of the college counselors don't tell you about. And yes, the GPA is usually a bit lower for ED students. Some of the SLACs now fill almost 50% of their first-year classes with ED admits. DC ended up on the waiting list at her two greatest reach schools. She's very happy where she ended up but sometimes wonders whether ED might have made the difference.[/quote]

ED is fine if you can afford to foot the whole bill. I have heard that it takes away some of the bargaining power/financial aid offers, even for merit aid. 
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Good point.[/quote]

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