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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So the GPA is low(er)? They are only top 30 percent? Did the counselor advise ED to Cornell?? That seems really odd and a waste of ED. You have to go down the ranks like Tufts BC EDII. Add U Rochester Case Western Pitt to the RD rounds. [/quote]

I kind of agree with this.  The "40% to top 30 schools" is probably WAY inflated by hooked kids.

If Cornell was a denial then I would do something similar ED2 (WashU, Emory, Tufts) and then make sure you go to Rochester, CWRU, in RD.

In my experience with a decent but not top 10% kid from a "top private" who got deferred from a lesser Ivy last year---RD was pretty bad for top30s.  They got into 2 of 20+ schools in the top35.  A lot of deferrals and denials.  
You don't want to get shut out.  Maybe sure they have a lot of matches and safeties in RD and I would definitely ED2.  My kid did not and we regretted it. [/quote]

My friend's DC had the opposite experience. Deferred in ED1 (Ivy, non-HYP), did not panic and did not ED2, and then got into to 2 stronger Ivies in RD, plus the one that deferred her, plus Williams and a couple of other top schools. Ended up at HYP (not the ED1). [/quote]

And was not in the top 20 percent of class?[/quote]

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