the only one I know about is her one friend she swears already got into UCLA. I think her friend is pulling her leg.

Aside from FA, why would anyone not apply to their reach ED? Seems like chance of acceptance is much higher, so maybe the best way to approach a reach. Are college counselors not promoting this? (DC is a sophomore so I am not dealing with them much yet). Thanks

Anonymous wrote:I guess not all ED kids are targeting UVA but that's always the first place I think of when I hear ED.

That’s weird since it doesn’t help much and very few apply ED to UVA.

I guess not all ED kids are targeting UVA but that's always the first place I think of when I hear ED.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My daughter is not bc of FA but her best friend is one of 11 EDing to Brown from their school. It’s always really popular every year. There are also lots doing Columbia, BC, BU, UPenn and NYU.

how does the student know there are 11 other applying ED to Brown? Is this a DC private?

Boarding school and her college counselor told her (numbers not names obviously). Most of the kids aren’t open about where they are applying.

Which boarding school ?

Neither my daughter, nor any of her friends, appear to be applied ED. Mine isn't because she "wants options", but she recognizes that some schools may be out because she didn't ED -- she's got a number of safety schools at which she'd be comfortable so it's okay.

Honestly, that's not something I'd overly talk about if I were them. No one should want their ED school to become a fad amongst their peer group (obviously the usual suspects are always popular for ED and REA applications, but still). It's sad, but a kid's first layer of competition is their peer group so I feel for that school with 11 kids EDing to Brown. Unless Brown is known for taking close to that many applicants from one high school that is why private school counselors will try to steer kids to other institutions, particularly if they have a sense that your kid isn't one of the X who is likely to be accepted.

We can’t see who is EDing but in Naviance we can see the numbers who are applying this year

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My daughter is not bc of FA but her best friend is one of 11 EDing to Brown from their school. It’s always really popular every year. There are also lots doing Columbia, BC, BU, UPenn and NYU.

how does the student know there are 11 other applying ED to Brown? Is this a DC private?

Boarding school and her college counselor told her (numbers not names obviously). Most of the kids aren’t open about where they are applying.

Anonymous wrote:My daughter is not bc of FA but her best friend is one of 11 EDing to Brown from their school. It’s always really popular every year. There are also lots doing Columbia, BC, BU, UPenn and NYU.

how does the student know there are 11 other applying ED to Brown? Is this a DC private?

My daughter is not bc of FA but her best friend is one of 11 EDing to Brown from their school. It’s always really popular every year. There are also lots doing Columbia, BC, BU, UPenn and NYU.

DS only has friends applying ED if they are recruited athletes.

Nowhere.

Nowhere. 2 EA 11/1 applications. 1 of the EAs restricts EA or ED at all other private universities.

Where is your kid or his/her friends submitting an ED application this year?

Any sense for what is popular in their friend group?