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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The winning advice has already been given.

1. Back off for now. Look at other colleges. Let him formulate his own opinions and maybe realize the grass isn't always greener.

2. Late summer, early fall, talk to him about reality. He can apply non-binding Early Action to Princeton, and then apply anywhere else he wants Regular Decision.

3. Spring 2018, visit all the schools he's gotten into. Let him pick his own college.

The ultimate decision is almost 18 months away, and you are getting nowhere by ramping up insane pressure now.[/quote]

Not the right advice.  His RD odds will be significantly lower at his first choice school if he SCEAs Princeton.  So if he gets into Princeton and not the other(s),  the question in his mind will be “could I have gone where I wanted to if my parents hadn’t made me use my EA chip for Princeton?”  So you get that PLUS the “or maybe I’m just not good enough to succeed on my own merits” funk.

On the bright side, one way each HYP typically defends its legacy admissions is by pointing out that it takes the other twos’ legacy candidates with similar credentials at roughly the same rate as it accepts its own legacies.  So maybe legacy at P will give him a bump for HYS, LOL.[/quote]

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