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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]

OP’s kid was rejected, not deferred, meaning the app was considered not within ballpark of their qualified candidates at Cornell, which knows it needs to take applicants a level below HYP-caliber kids in RD. Also unhooked top 30% applicants don’t get into HYP, not even from Andover, Dalton or TJ.

If OP’s kid isn’t excited about any ED2 options and wants to focus on RD schools, that’s totally fine, but don’t tell her they have a chance at HYP. It’s that kind of false hope spread around message boards that got them to overshoot and ended up here in the first place. [/quote]

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