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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s the opposite of prestige. For schools, it makes them look uncertain of their yield. For students, everyone knows they are weaker because ED is an easier admit.[/quote]

This exactly. My daughter didn't have to do ED to get into schools. She did EA and RD for all schools that were not her first choice and so far admitted to all due to her amazing resume and stats.[/quote]

Mine too. But you have to understand that “prestige” is often conferred in the opinions of people who don’t think (and often don’t want to think) as clearly as we do about the college admissions process. To them “prestige” means some melange of “schools that cost a lot” and “schools with low admissions rates.” You and I know that both sticker price and admissions rate can be manipulated. But that doesn’t mean they can’t be used to create prestige.

It’s the same way that some people think high SAT scores are prestigious, and prefer not to ask questions about what percentage of students submit or whether those are super scores. [/quote]

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