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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The other issue is there is very little advantage with SCEA unless you are hooked (athletes and legacies, questbridge).  
I think a better question for your DC is whether it is better to apply ED to say Northwestern or Cornell where there is a boost for ED and perhaps your student may be the best student from your school applying? [/quote]

Or Brown, Duke, Columbia, Rice, Vanderbilt.[/quote]

Can a 3.85 from a top private with top rigor, 1560 get into schools listed above? Unhooked, good ECs but not amazing, good teachers rec, full pay[/quote]

My big3 kid was rejected at Brown and Vanderbilt RD this cycle with that GPA and a 1550 (not even waitlisted). Top rigor in all subjects. Obscure humanities major that was backed by extracurriculars.  Did not apply to Duke, Columbia or Rice.  [/quote]

If a girl I’m not surprised. Girls tend to have a much harder time in regular decision - even in the humanities. Boys in the humanities tend to luck out in regular decision.

ED2 often makes the most sense for girls.[/quote]

Which T10 offers the best chance for a girl during EA/ED if majoring in chem or bio? Top private full pay no hook top stats [/quote]

PP - this girl above wants (reaches) Yale, Pomona, Rice, Northwestern, in that order. What do you recommend for EA, ED, ED2, RD strategy to maximize chances? [/quote]

I would EA Yale, ED Rice, ED2 Pomona, RD NU
Rice loves high stats.  
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But then if she gets into Yale (her 1st choice!) she can't accept it. That would be awful.[/quote]

She can't EA to Yale and ED to a private.  SCEA means you can EA to Yale and to publics only.  So keep that strategy in place with ED2 to her next choice if she doesn't get into Yale.[/quote]

This is why I always thought that ED2 is ultra competitive, with all the super high stat kids rejected from SCEA for unknown reasons.  So by choosing SCEA, it is effectively giving up the any ED chances, and will need to face the uncertainty of RD.[/quote]

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