<p>But those aren’t the terms under which I undertook the endeavor. I reasoned that most offers of need-blind, meets 100% need would be close, and they were.</p>
<p>I spent an your with asst head of admission who told me that if D were wanted ED they would do everything in their power to make it work.</p>
<p>I figured if that didn’t work, it would be instate U, which in NY is very reasonable.</p>
<p>I don’t think my thinking was stupid at all. Just different. And it did have a very good outcome.</p>
<p>We did not want to compare offers. D had one school she really wanted to attend, and we went for broke to make that happen. Maybe an unusual circumstance, but under the circumstances I refuse to think our strategy stupid.</p>