Anonymous
12/08/2025 09:58
Subject: Where is ED2 a boost?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Middlebury ED2!
Middlebury is one of few that truly gives you a boost in ED.
But then you have to go to Middlebury
And you would be incredibly lucky to do so. It's a great school.
Anonymous
12/08/2025 09:40
Subject: Where is ED2 a boost?
Anonymous wrote:Vandy ED2 is basically required for a RD admit.
They often defer to RD.
This makes zero sense. Kids apply to Vandy RD because they don’t want to be bound,
Anonymous
12/08/2025 09:32
Subject: Where is ED2 a boost?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My kid hoping for Swarthmore will ED2 to Wash U
Good luck to your kid OP! Hoping Williams comes through.
Hi fellow potential Swarthmore parent! My kid also hoping for Swat Friday would possibly ED2 to Bowdoin or Hamilton. Wash U is interesting - urban and bigger but a fantastic school of course. Good luck to your kid!
Good luck with SWAT. If it comes to that, do not ED2 to Bowdoin: ED2 apps need to go down a rung. Much better chances ED2 at WashU and then Hamilton (in that order).
Anonymous
12/08/2025 09:29
Subject: Where is ED2 a boost?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Wondering if this is helpful anywhere. Anticipating a rejection from Williams. Would be happy at something similar
Not WASP-B. Almost any other SLAC it helps though. Midd: the U. of Chicago of SLACs.
Stop with the WASP-B nonsense already!
I'd appreciate this as well.
WASP-B
WASP-B
WASP-B
What school is this?
No clue what the B stands for. The WASP (I’ve learned this year from this site only) apparently stands for Williams, Amherst, Swarthmore, Pomona. I guess it’s for private school rich kids who want to go to a tiny expensive college? I don’t know because I don’t run in circles where those schools are discussed. We’re just low class public school people.
it's Bowdoin. and FWIW, these tiny expensive schools usually have huge endowments per student and offer more aid than a lot of places. My kid got into BC with zero aid and Williams with 40k in aid last year.
Bowdoin needs to be mentioned for purposes of this thread because there is an ED disadvantage; it has a much lower unhooked ED admit rate and higher proportion of athletes in comparison to any “non-WASP” SLAC.
Anonymous
12/08/2025 08:58
Subject: Where is ED2 a boost?
Anonymous wrote:My kid hoping for Swarthmore will ED2 to Wash U
Good luck to your kid OP! Hoping Williams comes through.
Hi fellow potential Swarthmore parent! My kid also hoping for Swat Friday would possibly ED2 to Bowdoin or Hamilton. Wash U is interesting - urban and bigger but a fantastic school of course. Good luck to your kid!
Anonymous
12/08/2025 08:53
Subject: Where is ED2 a boost?
Anonymous wrote:Go for Hamilton, Middlebury, Colby, Colgate, Vassar.
A few of these colleges appear in this (older) Forbes article, along with William's, which may suggest some similarities:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/nataliesportelli/2017/04/26/10-expensive-colleges-worth-every-penny-2017/
Anonymous
12/08/2025 08:19
Subject: Where is ED2 a boost?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Wondering if this is helpful anywhere. Anticipating a rejection from Williams. Would be happy at something similar
Not WASP-B. Almost any other SLAC it helps though. Midd: the U. of Chicago of SLACs.
Stop with the WASP-B nonsense already!
I'd appreciate this as well.
WASP-B
WASP-B
WASP-B
What school is this?
No clue what the B stands for. The WASP (I’ve learned this year from this site only) apparently stands for Williams, Amherst, Swarthmore, Pomona. I guess it’s for private school rich kids who want to go to a tiny expensive college? I don’t know because I don’t run in circles where those schools are discussed. We’re just low class public school people.
it's Bowdoin. and FWIW, these tiny expensive schools usually have huge endowments per student and offer more aid than a lot of places. My kid got into BC with zero aid and Williams with 40k in aid last year.
Anonymous
12/08/2025 08:03
Subject: Where is ED2 a boost?
W&M
Anonymous
12/08/2025 08:03
Subject: Where is ED2 a boost?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Wondering if this is helpful anywhere. Anticipating a rejection from Williams. Would be happy at something similar
Not WASP-B. Almost any other SLAC it helps though. Midd: the U. of Chicago of SLACs.
Stop with the WASP-B nonsense already!
I'd appreciate this as well.
WASP-B
WASP-B
WASP-B
What school is this?
No clue what the B stands for. The WASP (I’ve learned this year from this site only) apparently stands for Williams, Amherst, Swarthmore, Pomona. I guess it’s for private school rich kids who want to go to a tiny expensive college? I don’t know because I don’t run in circles where those schools are discussed. We’re just low class public school people.
Anonymous
12/08/2025 07:45
Subject: Re:Where is ED2 a boost?
Not sure how common it is but a kid I know got in CMC in ED2 three years ago.
Anonymous
12/08/2025 07:44
Subject: Where is ED2 a boost?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Wondering if this is helpful anywhere. Anticipating a rejection from Williams. Would be happy at something similar
Not WASP-B. Almost any other SLAC it helps though. Midd: the U. of Chicago of SLACs.
Stop with the WASP-B nonsense already!
I'd appreciate this as well.
WASP-B
WASP-B
WASP-B
What school is this?
Anonymous
12/08/2025 07:42
Subject: Where is ED2 a boost?
We were in this position last year. Hard to ED2 if a deferral. A lot of "what ifs" in that scenario. One reason why a rejection can be easier.
Anonymous
12/08/2025 06:39
Subject: Where is ED2 a boost?
My kid hoping for Swarthmore will ED2 to Wash U
Good luck to your kid OP! Hoping Williams comes through.
Good luck to your kid OP! Hoping Williams comes through.
Anonymous
12/07/2025 22:40
Subject: Where is ED2 a boost?
Vandy ED2 is basically required for a RD admit.
They often defer to RD.
They often defer to RD.
Anonymous
12/07/2025 22:09
Subject: Where is ED2 a boost?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Wondering if this is helpful anywhere. Anticipating a rejection from Williams. Would be happy at something similar
Not WASP-B. Almost any other SLAC it helps though. Midd: the U. of Chicago of SLACs.
Stop with the WASP-B nonsense already!
I'd appreciate this as well.
WASP-B
WASP-B
WASP-B