ED2 is still binding. I don’t think the schools wanting to bind kids who are strong applicants care if they were first choice or second choice. Every admissions office understand that admission almost anywhere is somewhat of a gamble.

ED2 is probably less fruitful on average because it is composed of less strong ED candidates — many of the stronger ones having been selected by their ED1 schools (with some random cases and margins of error ...). But if you are a strong candidate who was not selected by your ED1 school for whatever reason, your odds on ED2 are probably almost as high as they would have been for your ED2 school’s first round (with a slight decrease because ED2 school has already filled a bunch of its spaces on its ED1 round).

Anonymous wrote:I'm reading this thread and wondering... which is it?

The posters are seniors in high school, or

Y'all are way too involved. I have a senior. He was accepted places you folks might distain. I do not know about any other kid's outcomes.

Not sure what your point is. If your child is not applying to super-competitive schools and is qualified for the schools on his list, of course the process will be much less dramatic. People are less likely to post in cases where the outcomes are assured. If you don't know about other kids' outcomes, presumably that's because you are incurious and/or don't have friends who like to talk about this subject. Not sure why any of that would make you want to judge others.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Northeastern practically invented the protect the yeild to move up in the rankings game.

Then it was a bad invention. Yield is only 1.5% of the USN rankings formula.

Alls I know is that the school is rocketing through the ranks.

Doesn't have to stay that way. Google is your friend. Had little to do with yield.

http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2014/08/26/how-northeastern-gamed-the-college-rankings/2/

4.3. 1540. Deferred Pomoma Ed.

DC is waiting to receive Harvard's SCEA decision next week. They are prepared for the worst, having already submitted applications to three public universities (which had early application deadlines), and having just completed an additional four applications to private universities, which DC is ready to submit pending the EA outcome.

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Anonymous wrote:A friend’s DC got into Northeastern ED. Mine applied EA with a better SAT score,should we be worry? Should my DC change to EDll or wait it out?

Did your kid apply ED elsewhere?
ED 2 doesn't usually give the same bump because it often tells the college that it was a second choice.

DC only applied EA to other schools no ED. It was after DC visited last college did they realize its Northeastern is where they wanted to be. DC accepted at Auburn but out of her other EA schools Northeastern is the strongest choice. The big dilemma is going EDll and getting in and not knowing if they would have be accepted at a number 1 Architecture school. Has anyone's child changed to EDll from EA?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Northeastern practically invented the protect the yeild to move up in the rankings game.

Then it was a bad invention. Yield is only 1.5% of the USN rankings formula.

Alls I know is that the school is rocketing through the ranks.

Anonymous wrote:
Northeastern practically invented the protect the yeild to move up in the rankings game.

Then it was a bad invention. Yield is only 1.5% of the USN rankings formula.

Lots of NOVA kids got into Wm & Mary ED.

I'm reading this thread and wondering... which is it?

The posters are seniors in high school, or

Y'all are way too involved. I have a senior. He was accepted places you folks might distain. I do not know about any other kid's outcomes.

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone gotten into a selective school?

I know of no one whose child has gotten into the top 5 LACs or Stanford (or Caltech, which just came out), even though plenty of people from my area applied.

is the admissions process much more competitive this year?

According to our college counselor, last year was the most competitive and heartbreaking year she'd seen for students in our region - so I expect the same this year.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A friend’s DC got into Northeastern ED. Mine applied EA with a better SAT score,should we be worry? Should my DC change to EDll or wait it out?

Northeastern practically invented the protect the yeild to move up in the rankings game.

If your DC really wants to go there, switch up to ED.

+1

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A friend’s DC got into Northeastern ED. Mine applied EA with a better SAT score,should we be worry? Should my DC change to EDll or wait it out?

Northeastern practically invented the protect the yeild to move up in the rankings game.

If your DC really wants to go there, switch up to ED.

Mine got in last year under EA and received merit $ of over $25k a year. DC attends another school.

Anonymous wrote:A friend’s DC got into Northeastern ED. Mine applied EA with a better SAT score,should we be worry? Should my DC change to EDll or wait it out?

Northeastern practically invented the protect the yeild to move up in the rankings game.

If your DC really wants to go there, switch up to ED.

Anonymous wrote:A friend’s DC got into Northeastern ED. Mine applied EA with a better SAT score,should we be worry? Should my DC change to EDll or wait it out?

Did your kid apply ED elsewhere?
ED 2 doesn't usually give the same bump because it often tells the college that it was a second choice.