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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Take all of these ED responses with a grain of salt bc they range from:

- we ED’d somewhere and think we cld have reached higher

- we ED’ed/scea’ed somewhere and wish we picked a lower one bc we picked a lower ranked one
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I really think this is true. Unless your kid has a very clear #1 choice (ie using ED as I believe it was originally intended vs using it to try to game the system or get a bump) or is knowingly aiming really high and being clear-headed that there’s only a small chance anyway, there’s always going to be a feeling of either “gee, if I got into X, I should have aimed higher and tried for Y instead” or “dang, I miscalculated that and should have ED’ed a rung lower.” [/quote]

We will see how this cycle goes in RD.  If it remembers 2023 and 2022 more than 2024, people will be happy they got the ED acceptance when all is said and done.  Remember, at most schools ED acceptance rate is two or three times higher than RD.  Getting in an Emory or Wash U, which accept over 30 percent ED1, is hardly a sign your kid would get into Harvard which will accept less than 5 percent RD.  Be happy you’re kid is in at a place they presumably really wanted to go.[/quote]

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