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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Adding that I know the financial aid package issue is one reason to not ED, but [b]assuming you are prepared to be full pay[/b] my question is why not apply ED?[/quote]

That's a big assumption.  Most people put money front and center in making decisions about college.

ED is affirmative action for the rich.[/quote]

OP here - my point is I’m asking for myself. We can afford to full pay and are essentially expecting to need to do so, although as I also noted in another response, the ED choice may be W&M in state, so good on all counts. This thread has been very helpful for me in terms of thinking through the pros and cons. I think this is likely to be a good strategy for DS. Like another PP whose kid did something similar, DS is relatively happy go lucky and not likely to be plagued by regrets as long as he finds a school or two he likes. [/quote]

I have two kids who were admitted ED to Ivies. One thing that has not been emphasized here enough is that the ED admission odds are usually not as good as they appear on paper.   The ED applications include all the recruited athletes (90%+ admitted) all the Questbrige kids (90%+ admitted), and all the legacy kids who get an advantage only in ED (many ED schools say this explicitly).

So if the ED admit is, for example, 18%, and you take out the kids who have the above ED advantages, then the ED admit rate for the unhooked kids may be only 10% instead of 18%.   That may still be a somewhat higher admit rate than during RD, but the point is that ED is usually not nearly as large of an advantage as it appears, at least for the kids that do not fall into any of the above noted ED-favored groups.
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