Anonymous
Post 12/31/2021 08:51     Subject: Re:ED: Did your kid ED for a reach or a target school?
DD EA'd to MIT and Caltech. Rejected by Caltech and deferred by MIT
Anonymous
Post 12/31/2021 05:08     Subject: ED: Did your kid ED for a reach or a target school?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:And what was the result?



A reach, but not an unrealistic one and they were admitted. Does that mean it really was a match? Maybe. What I do know is DC’s confidence is intact and they are excited for college. I feel for their friends who thought ED apps were a time to dream unrealistically and were rejected. Too many of our DC’s friends who took that approach (and unfortunately their parents) are now toxic about college admissions.


An awful lot of DD's friends did this and they're all pretty miserable right now. DD went for the less selective of her two top-choices for ED and ended up accepted. Our entire family is so glad to be done.
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2021 08:06     Subject: ED: Did your kid ED for a reach or a target school?
Accepted ED at W&M from FCPS, legacy

GPA and SAT were around the 50th percentile with so-so ECs
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2021 00:20     Subject: Re:ED: Did your kid ED for a reach or a target school?
Slight reach, admitted. He wanted to try for a specific Ivy but we encouraged him to aim at a SLAC with a 10% admit rate instead -- because of all the unknowns about how the pandemic has affected admissions. We're feeling guilty that, but for us, he might tried for and made it to his dream school. But he had such anxiety over the process, we thought it best if he just got it behind him.
Anonymous
Post 12/29/2021 23:57     Subject: ED: Did your kid ED for a reach or a target school?
Anonymous wrote:And what was the result?



A reach, but not an unrealistic one and they were admitted. Does that mean it really was a match? Maybe. What I do know is DC’s confidence is intact and they are excited for college. I feel for their friends who thought ED apps were a time to dream unrealistically and were rejected. Too many of our DC’s friends who took that approach (and unfortunately their parents) are now toxic about college admissions.
Anonymous
Post 12/29/2021 23:28     Subject: Re:ED: Did your kid ED for a reach or a target school?
Target, but also a reach - W&M - Fairfax County private school student
Anonymous
Post 12/29/2021 23:18     Subject: ED: Did your kid ED for a reach or a target school?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Reach to University of Chicago. DS admitted ED1.

Private school student?


Public magnet in MD.
Anonymous
Post 12/29/2021 22:31     Subject: ED: Did your kid ED for a reach or a target school?
Anonymous wrote:Reach to University of Chicago. DS admitted ED1.

Private school student?
Anonymous
Post 12/29/2021 22:07     Subject: ED: Did your kid ED for a reach or a target school?
Reach to University of Chicago. DS admitted ED1.
Anonymous
Post 12/29/2021 22:01     Subject: ED: Did your kid ED for a reach or a target school?
Anonymous wrote:Reach. Admitted. Very thankful and relieved.

UPenn / 4.0 gpa UW from a private / strong course load/ 1540 SATs / legacy


Congrats!!