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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So I know this is kind of an odd post and a very first world problem. DC applied ED1 to a top 20 LAC and got in! Yeah! DC is thrilled and so are we. The ED1 school was DC's self-professed #1 choice all the way through the college process.

But... DC had a high reach school on their list too (where they were a legacy), and after submitting the ED1 app to the other school, DC had become increasingly interested in the high reach. The high reach had moved up to #2 and even maybe rivaled the #1 choice. Now that DC got into the ED1 school, they will never even submit their app to the high reach (it was nearly ready to go). DC told me the other day that a part of them wonders if they would have gotten into the high reach and now they will never know. I said, well would that have changed anything? You wouldn't have gone to high reach over ED right? DC's answer surprised me... for the first time they said maybe. (The high reach is one of those schools that basically no one turns down).

FWIW, I think the ED1 school is a much much better fit for DC than the legacy high reach, I just wasn't anticipating this slight regret at not taking their shot at the high reach. I really wish there wasn't so much pressure on ED so kids could apply RD everywhere and actually have choices.

Anyone else experience this?

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Dear OP,

This is us.  Our kid just got into a great top LAC in the ED round but had the SAT scores and legacy hook for HYP.  I personally have some buyers remorse but I think this is natural. A top LAC is a far superior education than undergrad at HYP but of course the name recognition will never be there. Our friend down the street had a kid with similar stats and the legacy hook and he decided to apply to HYP and did not get in the ED round. Now they are sad they wasted their ED.  It's truly a tough game of probability we are all playing. There is a lot of strategy and a little bit of luck.

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OP here - thank you! I too steered my kid towards LACs from early on for the very same reason. Knowing what I know now, I think the undergrad experience will be much superior to my own.

(Contrary to what some posters on here seems to think not all of us from name brand schools nudge our kids to our alma maters.)
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