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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My oldest DC did restrictive early action and was accepted at a "dream" school.  We didn't think it was the right place for DC, but s/he wouldn't consider doing any more applications.  By that point, s/he was sick of the whole application process, plus, "hey -- I got into a school that people dream of getting into, Mom."  Fast-forward -- DC pretty much hated the school and transferred to a very different school (a school we had suggested way back in junior year, though DC had declined to even visit.)  All's well that ended well -- DC (now a senior) is very happy, but we're not EA/ED fans.

[/quote]Good things worked out for your DC. However, EA and restrictive EA are totally different and might not have had such a bad experience who s/he had done EA.[/quote]

Not really.  Her daughter still could have applied RD and/or could have applied rolling or EA to public or foreign universities.  SCEA doesn't commit you to a school or even limit you to one EA app (just one EA app at a private school).  Effectively PP's DD was in exactly the same position as my DD who applied EA.  Basically, kids who apply EA end up just as constrained if their 2nd and 3rd choice schools are SCEA.  Choice number 1 (Chicago or MIT) might be cool with the idea of its EA applicants applying (SC)EA to an HYPS, but HYPS won't let its SCEA applicants apply EA to Chicago and/or MIT.

I think what PP is flagging is largely about psychology rather than rules and, to some extent, about family dynamics.  It's not an SCEA vs. EA issue.  It's a situation that could arise in either context and is probably most likely to occur when parents defer, perhaps against their own better judgment, to DC's EA selection, thinking it's just an initial preference rather than a final decision.  Then the acceptance comes through and DC says game over. [/quote]

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