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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No advantage EA at Georgetown.  UChicago has the best Econ program hands down.  Ed1 at UChicago.  The rest, no need for ED2, I would just RD them all and decide on which one based on acceptance.[/quote]
This may be the worst strategy possible. These are all reaches and OP's stats are mediocre for the colleges they're interested in.[/quote]

Are you kidding? Mediocre?

I don’t see obvious weakness in his stats.[/quote]
I didn't say he was weak, just not remarkable, especially for admission to top colleges in the US. Your strategy is gonna get this kid steamrolled.[/quote]
+1, I'm a bit shocked by how optimistic everyone else is. He has okay stats.[/quote]

I think Wash U ED is harder and RD is 100x easier.

+1. There is an element of chance to all of this, but this profile could definitely be rejected from all of these. Especially a kid from DMV private school. Mine had stats similar to this. Better SAT, better GPA, team captain etc. In at ND EA (from a Catholic HS), rejected at others on this list.
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Nephew was rejected at UChicago with 1600 SAT. 
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Maybe he will get in, maybe he won’t. But he should also have other options in mind.

When we visited WashU the focus seemed heavily weighted toward IT/comp sci but that could have been a function of the guides. 
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ed1?[/quote]

I believe it was EA? Not sure honestly. It was not RD, I know it was an early application and response [/quote]

EA vs ED is a different beast. OP's kid will be accepted to Chicago with ED.

FWIW I think Wash U is a harder admit than Chicago even with ED. Good friend's kid with similar stats was rej WashU ED1 and accepted to Chicago ED2.

Plus Wash U is an extremely safe campus with beautiful dorms.[/quote][/quote]

Wash U is so boring. Go for Chicago. [/quote]

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