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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]ED is for colleges, recruited athletes, and suckers. [/quote]My daughter doesn't fit into the first two categories, but I don't think we were suckers: we are full pay, she knew without a doubt what SLAC she wanted to get into, so for her ED was a great way to just get the whole college search out of the way by December.

I don't feel like anyone gamed us at all; rather, we benefitted from the 4+ months of peace of mind it offered.[/quote]Non-binding rolling or EA admissions can offer that same peace of mind. Adding "binding" to the package and calling it "ED" benefits only the school.[/quote]It benefits the student because the student likely has a better chance of getting in ED than they would EA.  The student is competing against fewer classmates in ED, because most of those classmates have other colleges as their top choices.  But if the college had EA, all those classmates could apply, and the student would be competing against all of them.  For a kid who knows where they want to go, ED is a valuable way to show that to the school.  In that way it adds a tiny bit of efficiency to college admissions, which is a horribly inefficient process.   [/quote]A. Only for the wealthy.

B. Does it really add any efficiency? Most of the kids I know who ED don't ED to their actual top choice, they ED to the school where they think they'll get the biggest boost.

A + B = Wealthy kids snapping up (and committing to) slots that they only kinda want and that then are not available for kids who really want them but lack the resources to play the ED game.[/quote]

And the other drawback: ED schools are now full of the kind of status-obsessed wealthy kids who are willing to settle for slots they only kind of want. [b]And these charming people are academically weaker than the students who might have been admitted RD.[/b][/quote]

Pretty sure that you have no idea what you are talking about but are obviously upset that some are wealthier than you. Private schools are a luxury good, not something that you are automatically entitled too.[/quote]

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