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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]0 chance at Amherst, Williams, Swarthmore, Bowdoin, Pomona, and Claremont McKenna. Not even worth bothering applying to these. All are in the selectivity ballpark of the Ivies and equivalent. They do not admit B students unless it's a highly grade deflated school they're familiar with.

Middlebury, Carleton, Davidson, Wellesley, Washington and Lee, Vassar, Haverford, Wesleyan would be reaches. If D really likes one or multiple, strongly encourage ED1 or ED2.

Other SLACs in the top 50 (Grinnell, Bates, Colgate, Scripps, Kenyon, etc) are matches.

Let go of the Amherst obsession and be realistic. Many of the attainable reaches are just as good as Amherst, and many have a similar culture. [/quote]

Thank you.  OP here.  She is thinking ED (ED1) to Middlebury.  Just got Naviance and looks like her school has admitted kids there.  We have visited.  Also, Colby sent her something in the mail.  Do you think ED2 if she doesn't get it?  I know they say ED has a lot of legacies and recruited athletes but Middlebury takes 2/3rds of its class ED, so I gotta think it helps.

There was a kid that got into Amherst from her school who did ED and we think he had similar grades.  He was URM but not really because the family was wealthy.  [/quote]

A couple of comments:

1. Amherst doesn't care that the URM from your school is wealthy. He's still a URM and adds to their diversity stats. And maybe he's an athlete or a legacy too? 
2. Middlebury is one of the hardest schools from this area to get in at all, much less ED. If you were to look at our top private's Middlebury stats you'd see 2 admissions in the last 2 years - one was a recruited athlete, the other a URM with a very specific talent. Please, please, run your ED plan by the counselor first - ask, specifically, "has a kid from our school who is not a recruited athlete, URM or legacy gotten into Middlebury ED?". If they don't know the answer, find someone who does. I'm afraid she's going to waste her ED ticket in a pointless exercise.
3. Colby has been sending things to my DD at a top private since she was a sophomore. The fact they sent something in the mail means ZERO. Please look again at PP's list above of SLACs that are the level below the top 10 - and consider one of those - yes, I think Colby would be there - and apply to that one ED. Again, check with the counselor, because a small college isn't going to take very many kids from the same small school ED. [/quote]

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