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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Funny so many people are saying they would do ED1/ED2. I wish my kid hadn't locked himself into a sub-Ivy ED. I feel like he would have had better choices if he'd held out.[/quote]

The only people with better choices in RD had (1) niche majors/academic interests; (2) very tippy top of class; (3) national level individual awards or (4) filled a clear void at the university (nationally ranked harpist).

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My DC attends a feeder school. About 20% of the class gets into an Ivy. But you have no info about where your child stands vs the rest of the class, and especially since all GPAs are unweighted, Naviance looked like a giant ink blot. My best guess was that DC was at the bottom of the top quartile grades wise, meaning Ivy was within range, but not guaranteed. In retrospect, though, the kids who get screwed in RD were mostly trying for engineering or Comp Sci (don't apply for CS. Just don't). I think being a humanities boy might have gotten him in. Or not. We'll never know. But if we were doing over, I think I'd pass on ED.[/quote]

Why do you say don’t apply CS?[/quote]

Bc it’s the absolute hardest major/standards for admissions. Same with Engineering [/quote]

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