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[quote=Anonymous]Your daughter sounds a lot like my daughter, in both personality (focus on learning and research, rather than paying attention to a T10 list) and academic prep (1560, 4.0 UW), and the schools sound similar (we're on the west coast, but I described Sidwell to her recently as "the DC version of &lt;your school&gt;"). She was looking for the overlap of "warm/friendly students", "high academic rigor", and "strong emphasis on undergrad teaching".

I think you're smart to be cautious/realistic. The boards here make blithe comments like "3.85-3.95 generally all get top25", but at the end of the day it doesn't always work out like that. In fact, I think unless applying ED, it often doesn't.

Rice was high on our daughter's list, though (like your daughter) she had reservations around Texas. (Ultimately she was waitlisted at Rice during RD, so it was moot.) She is starting as a Monroe scholar at W&M in the fall, and is really, really excited about it. The connection she had with professors there — even as a prospective student — was absolutely outstanding. One has already invited her to join a research team when she gets there in the fall. Carleton and possibly WashU could also be worth your daughter checking out. When looking for likelies, if you're in town for Carleton, set up a visit to St Olaf as well.

If any of those sub-20% private schools feels like it's absolutely the right fit for your daughter, [i]and the finances work out for you[/i], I would strongly recommend applying ED. Our daughter didn't want to ED anywhere, and it all worked out with W&M, but I do think that some doors open up for ED applications that are a lot stickier during the RD round.[/quote]

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