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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]First DC sent ED too low and regretted it. This year, second DC sent ED too high and didn't get in. Regretting that and now runs the risk of getting wiped out in RD. What kind of madness is this that after putting in years of solid work etc etc, kids are buying single lotteries to get into college?  [/quote]

Someone may have already said this, but if you think of ED as a game, then you are considering it for the wrong reasons. ED has been around for over 50 years, so it has not “broken” the application system. As has been stated here many times, one should only apply to a school ED if the school is genuinely one’s top choice.[/quote]

It is a game though.

Told the kids, it's nothing personal. These are the parameters of the game. Play if you want to, but it's up to you. This is what it takes to get into top 20 kind of schools. Choose. As bright kids, they'll have good options regardless. It's all good. But if they want to go for it, this is what is needed.

And applying ED to a desired school is part of the game.[/quote]

I think this is exactly right. I don't think mine would have gone the ED route, but she was afraid (based on lots of evidence) that too many slots would be filled by others who did ED.

The issue is that even those who don't really want to ED are being induced to because of how many seats are getting filled up in ED. For a kid who wants to see where they could get in, RD is ideal, but obviously very risky [/quote][/quote]

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