S26 is 100% sold on for ED1/2 in USC & NYU, knows the campus & students. Surely some reluctance on Emory & BC (religious) as they are smaller schools. Will check out the recent stats of current EA/ED admits for BC.
Also not gung-ho on IB industry and he seriously loves Econ too, just looking for a univ with great alumni network & career outcomes.
ED2 might not move the chances at NYU Stern for the profile, hoping NYU Econ@CAS would. If we don’t find ED2 options that could convert a reach to hard target option, then we will skip ED2 altogether.