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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]General question regarding the schools where internal deadlines were weeks ago. Did your kids have midterms just prior to break? Our son's counselor has been available over the school break to review his essays for RD applications that he added. But overall, before break he was prepping for exams. [/quote]

Ours did, and the kids knew it, so they had it all done before (or should have). Midterms are a big part of the reason for the early internal deadline. There is no reason to drag it out. All you should need to do after the ED is a no (and most are, so this is expected), is hit submit and pay the application fee on the ED II and RD apps. Maybe you tweak a few essays, maybe you add a few Hail Mary's or extra safeties in a panic, but this won't interfere with studying for finals and doesn't need to drag into the holiday break.

I completely understand and feel for the kid who didn't take this approach and is in panic mode, particularly the ones who really believed the ED would work out and even more for those who were surprised by "likely" EA rejections. I know some kids like that will look back at the original list as if they'd never really considered the remaining schools before. They feel like they are starting from scratch, even though they really aren't. Those kids are facing an identity crisis right now. But the CC won't help them resolve that at this point. [/quote]

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