Anonymous wrote:ED is for rich people though.

*lower stats rich people, says pp

Anonymous wrote:When you apply ED you are locking yourself in to one school versus being able to compare merit offers from different schools.

By taking lower stats kids in ED schools get to select for full pay or price insensitive families.

how perverse. you know there are plenty enough full pay kids to fill the school's roster at the stats the school wants. But if it makes you feel better to think that only rich, lower stats kids get in ED, then sure.

Anonymous wrote:not understanding the "sarc" here. you think only 5 of the top 20 schools don't offer ED?

I guess if you're not counting Harvard or Yale or Princeton or Stanford or CalTech or MIT or Georgetown or Berkeley or UCLA or Michigan or Notre Dame .. then you're right!

I was not counting Georgetown, Berkeley, UCLA, Michigan, or ND in the top 20.

I truly forgot about ND, Gtown is not top 20, and I also neglected that the Sept 2024 ranking has UCLA and Berkeley in the top 20 due to Pell weights.

Some schools rely very heavily on ED, like UChicago (worst abuser) and UPenn. Other schools use it more sparingly, like Duke and Columbia.

ED is for rich people though.

ED worked for our family. Two unhooked kids at T20s. Fortunately, both schools were my kids first choices so there was never any second guessing once they were admitted. And I think that's the important thing. Never apply ED to a school you are not 100 percent thrilled to be attending. Both kids were high flyers and would have had a shot anywhere. But getting in ED took a lot of pressure off. RD at T20s does tend to be a crapshoot for even the best students with admit rates below 4 percent.

ED is for schools, athletes, and suckers. Everyone who plays falls into one of those three buckets.

When you apply ED you are locking yourself in to one school versus being able to compare merit offers from different schools.

By taking lower stats kids in ED schools get to select for full pay or price insensitive families.

not understanding the "sarc" here. you think only 5 of the top 20 schools don't offer ED?

I guess if you're not counting Harvard or Yale or Princeton or Stanford or CalTech or MIT or Georgetown or Berkeley or UCLA or Michigan or Notre Dame .. then you're right!

My kids had much better results in RD rounds.

ED can backfire easily. You pick a school if it is not your absolute tippy top first choice and have to go there without getting any chance to compare (or shop merit offers). Also, you rush an application early while kid is still figuring out what they want in college and bind yourself to the wrong college.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For high stats kids. EA and RD are crapshoots.

for tip top schools, there is no ED.

Right. The 15 schools in the top 20 that offer ED are not tip top schools.

/sarc

The others only have EA. They do not offer an ED option.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For high stats kids. EA and RD are crapshoots.

for tip top schools, there is no ED.

Right. The 15 schools in the top 20 that offer ED are not tip top schools.

/sarc

Anonymous wrote:For high stats kids. EA and RD are crapshoots.

for tip top schools, there is no ED.

But also: ED is not always much of a boost—it depends on the school. The ED pools are different than RD (e.g. recruited athletes) so don't assume that the ED admissions rate will directly apply to your student.

For high stats kids. EA and RD are crapshoots.