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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Also at NYC private here- your counselor knows who else is applying, and remember you are also competing against your classmates who may have serious hooks. Counselor may know that Yale historically takes up to 2 ED applicants, but other applicants are hooked (donor on Yale Boards, URM, D1 athlete). The counselor then knows your DC is less likely to get in. We were strongly steered towards a T10 ED and DC got in. But strongly steered against other T10 schools, including my alma mater.

The ED shot is probably the high target/low reach ED as the counselor sees it. But 45% of our school wind up in RD after ED rounds, so it comes down to personal choice.[/quote]

Reading all of this with interest. Similar predicament.
Junior. 
33 ACT (and taking again).
3.85 uw Private school GPA (not DC)
Rigor +
Uncommon/niche ECs
Double undergrad legacy. 
$$$$$ multi year NU donor and other familial NU connections 
And not sure if he should ED1 NU bc longshot [/quote]

Legacy does not mean much at NU unless you are donating large sums.  What it means is your kid might get Deferred to RD then rejected (a soft rejection to keep hopes alive).  My 1500, 10 APs, 3.99UW, pointy ECs (20+hrs/week at it), had exactly this happen.  Then it messes with you---didn't do ED2 because still holding out hope.  Ultimately my kid's at a good school and right fit for them, but they might be elsewhere if they had done ED2 (and didn't because of the deferral)[/quote]

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