Also, the ED thing to Brown is puzzling me. My D was invited to a workshop that had Brown and 4 other selective schools (Cornell, Johns Hopkins, Barnard, Bryn Mawr) and she asked about ED. The admissions rep said that applying ED would not be an advantage to Brown because it is mainly used for athletes. She was very discouraging. There were about 12 kids with their parents there. Others here on CC have said that it does provide an advantage. Their website says that 26% ED are athletes. Others on CC say that legacies and faculty make up the majority of the rest. Others say it does provide a strong advantage. Who knows? But whatever school you are 99.9% sure about, apply ED. BTW, my D is not applying ED anywhere. She isn’t in the 99.9% sure category.