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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Unhooked.

Boy, [b]full pay, Econ (but could apply as history if that helps, has a ton of history EC), private, 3.8+, 1520

What would be EA or ED strategy w that list?
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Take ND off the list because Notre Dame is not an afterthought type of school; those who want ND would place it first with no close second.[/b]

Georgetown is possible because OP is full pay & Georgetown likes full pay whether or not it claims to be need blind.

U Chicago economics is in a different class than the econ depts at the other schools. If OP's son truly wants to study economics, then U Chicago is the easy ED 1 choice.

Applying as a history (humanities) major will help most at Bowdoin College as Bowdoin has trouble getting its students to declare humanities subjects as one's major.

The only two schools on this list worthy of an ED application for an unhooked applicant are U Chicago & WashUStL. These should be OP's son's ED 1 & ED 2 schools.

U Chicago ED 1
WashUStL ED 2

Apply RD to the rest if unsuccessful in either ED round.[/quote]

My kids were at all-boy jesuit HS and doing ND/GU EA is a typical gambit. One of my kids did that - he was neither was a top top choice, but he said "I know I'd be happy once I got there" which was probably true. He's a liberal kid and thought the politics would be conservative, but he can get along with a lot of people and would find friends wherever. He got into both, went elsewhere.

Some kids are not as "princess and the pea" as others. They're looking for schools where they can learn a lot, enjoy other kids, get a job when they leave. [/quote]

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