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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We haven't written a first choice letter even though I have a clear preference. I feel it's a little too ass-kissy for me. And a total turn off to me if the schools use this sort of stuff to influence who they accept. I don't really want to be surrounded by parents who take that approach to be honest. Seems disingenuous to me since, for all the school knows, the parents have written this letter to every school that is hard to get a spot in.[/quote]

It makes a difference to schools if you are their first choice, because they want high yield. Between two similarly qualified candidates, they will take the candidate who indicates the school is their first choice.  This is not about kissing ass.  It’s about saying you’ve made a decision about where you’d like to go — given the option.

It’s a very bad idea to lie about this, because admissions officers do talk to one another.  If you indicate to two schools that they are both your top choice, that’s a good way to get rejected from both.

Anecdotally, I know many families for whom a first choice letter made a difference, including mine.

You sound rather new to and naive about the admissions process.   [/quote]

How do you know that it was the letter that made a difference? It could just as easily be that whatever aspects of the school appealed to you also made your child appear to be a good fit to the admissions office.[/quote]

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