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[quote=pbraverman][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Last year we waited until we saw that our first choice had waitlisted our DD.  Then we submitted a letter indicating they were our first choice if they could admit her before the contract binding date for our next choice school.  DD did not get in.[/quote]

The selective schools (the ones that are often mentioned on this forum) are pretty much everyone's "first choice".  I really don't think the first choice letter would have tipped the scale one way or another.

First choice letter absolutely won't hurt; go for it.  But to think not sending one in resulted in DC WL or not get accepted.....I don't think so.[/quote]

I would disagree that the selective schools are "everybody's first choice" — there are families who have opted not to run on that wheel, which, like all things, has advantages and drawbacks. I am not suggesting this of the PP, but seeing school as the "end game" is an approach that I think does not serve children (or families) well.

As for the first-choice letter, it's easy to make too much of any one aspect of the entire application process — especially those aspects within our control! It's a bit of a paradox: Every one of the dozen or so parts of the application process counts, but no school expects perfection. Even among the most selective schools, there are only a handful of applicants who are at the top of every parameter that matters to an admission office.

Peter[/quote]

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