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Anonymous wrote:What is something you or your student did that you would clearly do differently if you had to do things over (and thank goodness, we don't have to do it over!)?

Me: encouraging my kid to write all those Chicago essays for EA when I now know Chicago's EA program is fishy.

Chicago EA isn't fishy

Maybe fishy isn't the right word. Chicago ED has a 30% - 40% acceptance rate. EA is something like 5%. (and RD possibly below 1%). It's really not worth wasting DC's time on EA UNLESS you/they are interested in converting to ED2 if deferred.

Where did you get the EA 5% acceptance rate? From what I now see, it's more like 2% or lower.

They don't release any info, so we're both guessing here. There are a couple of EA accepts in Naviance, from our school. I see one RD acceptance in the past 3 years and it was a very special case (we know the kid).

They don't release the data, which is in itself outside the norm and fishy.

Agree. This has been discussed ad nauseum on this forum. Who knows? Maybe the ED accept rate is 90% and EA is 0.1%. We'll never know.

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Anonymous wrote:What is something you or your student did that you would clearly do differently if you had to do things over (and thank goodness, we don't have to do it over!)?

Me: encouraging my kid to write all those Chicago essays for EA when I now know Chicago's EA program is fishy.

Chicago EA isn't fishy

Maybe fishy isn't the right word. Chicago ED has a 30% - 40% acceptance rate. EA is something like 5%. (and RD possibly below 1%). It's really not worth wasting DC's time on EA UNLESS you/they are interested in converting to ED2 if deferred.

Where did you get the EA 5% acceptance rate? From what I now see, it's more like 2% or lower.

There are lots of schools that play this game

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Anonymous wrote:What is something you or your student did that you would clearly do differently if you had to do things over (and thank goodness, we don't have to do it over!)?

Me: encouraging my kid to write all those Chicago essays for EA when I now know Chicago's EA program is fishy.

Chicago EA isn't fishy

Maybe fishy isn't the right word. Chicago ED has a 30% - 40% acceptance rate. EA is something like 5%. (and RD possibly below 1%). It's really not worth wasting DC's time on EA UNLESS you/they are interested in converting to ED2 if deferred.

Where did you get the EA 5% acceptance rate? From what I now see, it's more like 2% or lower.

They don't release any info, so we're both guessing here. There are a couple of EA accepts in Naviance, from our school. I see one RD acceptance in the past 3 years and it was a very special case (we know the kid).

They don't release the data, which is in itself outside the norm and fishy.

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Anonymous wrote:What is something you or your student did that you would clearly do differently if you had to do things over (and thank goodness, we don't have to do it over!)?

Me: encouraging my kid to write all those Chicago essays for EA when I now know Chicago's EA program is fishy.

Chicago EA isn't fishy

Maybe fishy isn't the right word. Chicago ED has a 30% - 40% acceptance rate. EA is something like 5%. (and RD possibly below 1%). It's really not worth wasting DC's time on EA UNLESS you/they are interested in converting to ED2 if deferred.

Where did you get the EA 5% acceptance rate? From what I now see, it's more like 2% or lower.

They don't release any info, so we're both guessing here. There are a couple of EA accepts in Naviance, from our school. I see one RD acceptance in the past 3 years and it was a very special case (we know the kid).

A rookie mistake for many is not creating a truly/ for real / honest balanced list of safeties, targets, and reaches.

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Anonymous wrote:What is something you or your student did that you would clearly do differently if you had to do things over (and thank goodness, we don't have to do it over!)?

Me: encouraging my kid to write all those Chicago essays for EA when I now know Chicago's EA program is fishy.

Chicago EA isn't fishy

Maybe fishy isn't the right word. Chicago ED has a 30% - 40% acceptance rate. EA is something like 5%. (and RD possibly below 1%). It's really not worth wasting DC's time on EA UNLESS you/they are interested in converting to ED2 if deferred.

Where did you get the EA 5% acceptance rate? From what I now see, it's more like 2% or lower.

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Anonymous wrote:What is something you or your student did that you would clearly do differently if you had to do things over (and thank goodness, we don't have to do it over!)?

Me: encouraging my kid to write all those Chicago essays for EA when I now know Chicago's EA program is fishy.

Chicago EA isn't fishy

Maybe fishy isn't the right word. Chicago ED has a 30% - 40% acceptance rate. EA is something like 5%. (and RD possibly below 1%). It's really not worth wasting DC's time on EA UNLESS you/they are interested in converting to ED2 if deferred.

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Anonymous wrote:What is something you or your student did that you would clearly do differently if you had to do things over (and thank goodness, we don't have to do it over!)?

Me: encouraging my kid to write all those Chicago essays for EA when I now know Chicago's EA program is fishy.

Chicago EA isn't fishy

They don't release the breakdown between EA and ED acceptances. Have you ever heard of ANY EA acceptances? I haven't. They push EA deferrals to ED 2. Seems exploitative to me. Fishy.

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Anonymous wrote:Don't overreach with ED and know that kids really need your guidance despite all the independence BS!

How do you know if you are overreaching prior to applying? Easy to say after the fact, but in October it may not be so clear.

You are right, hindsight is 20/20.

Anonymous wrote:What is something you or your student did that you would clearly do differently if you had to do things over (and thank goodness, we don't have to do it over!)?

Me: encouraging my kid to write all those Chicago essays for EA when I now know Chicago's EA program is fishy.

Chicago EA isn't fishy

Anonymous wrote:Second the arts poster. There were hidden essays in slide room that you couldn’t know about until you had portal access and even in the school questions of the common app where the essay was hidden until you selected a major on the drop down menu. Very frustrating. Artists/dancers/etc already have to extra preparation of portfolio etc. Hiding essays and references etc is over the top. Have you kid email the dance department for a list of requirements. Ask about surprise essays!

Third the arts posters about hidden essays. I would also add to look at safety, targets and reach with the added layer of arts. My kid had an okay arts portfolio (no awards and not in a magnet program) with strong academics. For competitive universities with a top 20 arts program with a portfolio requirement, in hindsight they needed to apply undecided and be willing to major in something arts adjacent because the portfolio was not strong enough. The arts programs were sometimes single digit acceptance rates, more selective than the overall selective university, and it wasn’t always obvious that there was a second choice option if not accepted into the arts program. Programs that allowed them to major in that field with a later portfolio review or were beyond the top 50 for that program ended up being their safety and target schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Don't overreach with ED and know that kids really need your guidance despite all the independence BS!

How do you know if you are overreaching prior to applying? Easy to say after the fact, but in October it may not be so clear.

Exactly, and for everyone who realizes they overreached with ED, many realize they settled.

Not my story but from a friend. Her kid did not follow through that he checked box to accept. I guess it didn’t go through and he didn’t accept by May 1 and he had to go to another college. True story.
Double check this one.

Anonymous wrote:Don't overreach with ED and know that kids really need your guidance despite all the independence BS!

How do you know if you are overreaching prior to applying? Easy to say after the fact, but in October it may not be so clear.

Don't overreach with ED and know that kids really need your guidance despite all the independence BS!