Applying ED2 to a school where first ranked student at high school was accepted ED1

By the way, ideally the OP would have similar data (or the counselor does). Like, personally, if in the past people with similar grades/rigor/ranking had been competitive for this college, I would not worry about someone who was further above that range getting admitted ED 1. Of course they did, but I really do doubt most colleges would view that as important when evaluating ED 2 and RD applicants.

But if few if any people in that range have been admitted, I personally would not count on ED 2 changing that barring truly unusual circumstances. But it wouldn’t be the ED 1 admit that was the problem, it would be that sort of historical pattern suggesting how this college was evaluating applicants from that school.

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