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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I read some where that waitlisted students would likely have gotten in if they’d applied ED.  [/quote]

It doesn't really help though because you can't apply ED everywhere and you can't really guess which one would have taken you. When counselors call the college's area rep and they ALL say this kid's best shot is to "apply ED, but no guarantees," they are still stuck with the reality that when they choose one, they are giving up on all the rest at the same level and one notch below. If you miss your ED shot, you can fall pretty low. There are always stories of the kid who didn't get in ED and then got into a higher ranked school RD, but that is likely rare. So the reality is that kid may like 4-5 schools that are fairly similar and they have to guess which one will like them best, and if they are wrong, all of them are no longer an option. A lot of the schools my DC likes only have one ED round and one has none, so it isn't as if this is one cohesive system like med school matching; every college has its own quirky system. It used to be that they could apply to all the schools they like, then they have an equal shot at each and go to the one that accepts them. Instead they now have to take one or two ED shots, then apply to 10 more lower level schools for RD hoping something sticks. so a kid who might have gone to an Ivy or top SLAC, ends up at Wisconsin because he put his raffle ticket in the wrong bucket.[/quote]

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