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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I hope they get rid of ED permanently. It's exploitive in many ways and causes a lot of unnecessary stress for teens to make big life decisions in early November only to face regrets in April - June when they see their peers considering multiple options. ED is great for colleges to grab qualified candidates early who satisfy very specific institutional preferences - recruited sports, low income/first gen, high income/donor/legacies and odd majors that they want to grow aggressively.

It doesn't help our kids unless they fit in one of those buckets and they are absolutely sure they are applying ED to their best fit school. Problem is, most kids don't know enough about all colleges early into senior year to even know what their best fit is. They don't have time to research all available options and they are still growing/changing. Colleges are able to exploit their fear that they won't get into a "good college" unless they apply somewhere ED.

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Your kid was rejected in ED. Got it![/quote]

No my DD got into her ED1 choice and regrets it and now wants to transfer after trying it out. She made a decision with partial information. It isn't the right fit.[/quote]

I am curious - what information would she have gotten from November to January, or April, that would have convinced her that the school isn't the right fit?  And would she have gotten in if she hadn't applied ED?

Because the way you describe it, it could very well be that she made the wrong choice, and would have made the same choice later on.  Which is unfortunate, but has nothing to do with ED.  [/quote]

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