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I appreciate all the sharing of experience, insights and highlighting more aspects for us to consider. Will discuss with my S and see where it leads. I’ll try to remember to report back to this tread after we complete PROFILE this year to confirm one way or the other regarding requirements to indicate which decision pool an applicant plans to take.
As I indicated earlier one reason he asked about waiting the additional 30-days is for extending the period to evaluate his fit at top (ED) school - he is very close to 100% sure, but COVID has limited in-person interactions and so has hampered the process this year.