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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]ED1 - Dream school with a reasonable chance.

ED2 - Target.

EA - everything else.

That is about the safest way to do it to maximize satisfaction.

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Which doesn't work for the vast majority of schools my Dc applied to because they only had ED and RD.[/quote]

Lots of schools only offer ED/RD, not just the ones your DC is applying to. Both of my DCs did ED1. One had selected an ED2, if necessary. The other was thinking they would roll to RD. Both of them picked a range of schools, intentionally including some that offered EA. While both got in early decision, I think I would've suggested that both pick a rolling decision school if I had been more on it. [/quote]

Our kid loved a school without ED. He decided to ED at another school because he didn't want to forego the bump in admissions chances that ED gives. It's unfortunate that strategy/game theory has so much impact on admissions as opposed to merit, but that is how it works until colleges change admissions rules.

The other wrinkle is tht DC's first choice has only RD, so ED to anywhere else meant giving up the dream school if ED worked out.[/quote]

So I would suggest that DC try to find one or two schools that offer EA, so DC goes into RD with the possibility of having one or two admissions. If your DC attends a school where the majority of students are already in somewhere through ED/EA, it can be fairly overwhelming going into RD with nothing. Happened to one of my DC's BFFs, who ended up WLed at reaches and yield protected rejected @ Emory, Tufts, Wash U, etc. Fortunately one came through, but it was nerve-wracking. [/quote][/quote]

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