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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our DS originally planned on doing 11. The thinking was that since he was applying to many Ivies it made sense to throw in more safeties since you can never count on admission to any particular Ivy or top college when admission rates are in single digits. He ultimately pared his list down to 8 after getting admitted early action to one of his choices. We are awaiting additional results of admission so we'll see if his strategy was a good one.[/quote]

Wow, his classmates must hate him. How selfish.[/quote]

Why is this selfish? It was non-binding early action, no early decision. The school he was admitted to allows students to not commit until May 1. No one is breaking any rules here.[/quote]

Right, he's not breaking any rules here. But he's potentially taking acceptances away from other kids at his school, under the assumption that colleges accept a limited number of kids from each school.  He'd do everybody else a favor by figuring out which remaining schools he'd prefer to the one he got into, and withdrawing from all the others.  It's not a contest to see how many Ivies you can get into, if it comes at the expense of someone else who hasn't gotten into any yet. (And my kid is at a "top Ivy" or whatever you want to call it, so my post isn't motivated by jealousy.)[/quote]

Right, like you are going to care about other kids when your kid's future is on the line. [/quote]

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