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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Following this as I have a 10th grader in DC private (not Big3) - is this issue something that hiring an outside private college counselor could help with (we are debating getting one)?  Also, why is Chicago considered more of a likely admit? [/quote]

Chicago tends to accept a fairly high percentage of their class in the ED round. And they do seem to be partial to strong applicants from private schools like the Big 3. For otherwise unhooked top students, the ED choice matters a lot. There are some schools where an ED/SCEA application is generally a waste - HYPSM, Penn. And there are some schools where applying ED can make a big difference - Chicago, Vanderbilt, Northwestern, Rice, Duke, Cornell, Columbia, Emory, and WashU. Vanderbilt, for example, has a RD acceptance rate of 3.7 percent. It's nearly impossible for everyone in the RD round. Similar with Chicago, Rice, Duke and so on. It can be carnage in the RD round. Which is why strong but unhooked applicants tend to pay attention to what's happening in the ED round with various schools.  [/quote]

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