<p>Some of those questions you have to address to the admissions directors of the college. You are right that at the small schools with lots of sports teams, and on top of that have other programs going for them, the actual number of seats get tight, very tight. Their yield is good enough so that they do not have to worry too much about locking kids into ED. You also need to ask wha the breakdowns in numbers between ED1 and 2 are, though you may not get any real info, expecially when you try to get meaningful numbers. If you get them,share, as I’ve asked admissions directors a few time and did not get useful numbers. </p>
<p>She does have a good chance , though yes, the schools are reaches given their admit rates. Schools often like to lock in those high SAT scores in ED too., so that it gives them some more flexibility during RD and if forced to give ED stats, those with numbers like your DD’s will give the ED pool a boost. There is no telling what the SAT scores will be for the RD crowd, If the pickin’s are slim in that regard, down the rating will go, so, yes, that is a very big plus in ED as many of the ED crowd are kids looking for an edge with numbers kinda on that edge, adequate but not to knock your socks off. A 2340 is very good. No telling who who’d scoop her up at RD. Comes down to how many high stat kids are in that ED pool, and my guess is not all that many because many will be holding out for Stanford, HPY,etal , if you get what I am saying. </p>
<p>I have no idea whether Questbridge tends to be ED or not. But that isn’t going to be that much of an issue if it is. Better for you that the lower stat groups are in the ED pool. All the more valuable that 2340 will be. </p>
<p>So I ink the advantage is very good for her. 100 points lower on the SATs and nope, not quite the effect one would necessarily predict and that post is a good reason why.</p>