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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My question arose after reading another thread about kids top 3 college choices. One parent listed her daughter's top 3 choices as Stanford, Harvard, and Princeton and stated that the daughter had the stats to enter the Stanford, Harvard, and Princeton lotteries. With admission rates below 5%, the concern arose about what opportunities a high stats kid sacrifices by foregoing ED options to target these three ultra selective schools. Many private National Universities with overall admission rates under 10% have RD admission rates much closer to 5% due to the number of spots taken by ED admits. Is it wise to sacrifice ED opportunities to an elite school for an unhooked high stats applicant for a lottery shot at Stanford, Harvard, and Princeton ?[/quote]

My kid was admitted to Harvard RD. She did not want to ED anywhere and would have been satisfied with any of the schools on her well-balanced list which included ASU w/ Barrett Honors College as her likely. It’s a matter of fit. Did not apply to Princeton as she did not like the sound of the eating clubs. Was rejected from Stanford REA. She applied there REA as they do not defer most applicants like Harvard and other schools do. She took the L and moved on. Harvard was her first choice all along — just never thought she’d get in. Was admitted to U-M EA and a few others as well, but she just did not have a favorite school that offered ED. [/quote]

Awesome to see this great result despite the Stanford rejection. You just can't predict what will happen. Why didn't she apply REA to Harvard given your full top choice comment?  [/quote]

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