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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It was a no brainer for DC, since we weren't comparing financial aid packages. Applied to his first choice Ivy ED (6% admit rate) and also EA for his safety (our state flagship with a 45% in-state admit rate). He wasn't focused on an Ivy brand so he was comfortable with picking just one and he felt his safety school would be fine as well. His strategy meant that he only applied to two schools and was all done November 1.  Most of his friends were still rewriting their essays after Christmas. His thinking was he'd hear in December on the Ivy and if he didn't get in, he'd get the other decision in January. As it turned out, he got admitted to his first choice and withdrew the second application. So much less drama and fuss than most of his classmates obsessed with parsing 20-30 schools to get down to 10 applications. [/quote] Most people do not apply to just two schools.  Good things worked out well for your DC.[/quote]

Same story here.  It's not a crazy strategy given that you can add apps if EA goes bad. 
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