<p>I did ED1, got deferred and then accepted. I was very unhooked (at least in my opinion). My SAT wasn’t top notch like your daughter’s. The way I see it is that she is either going to get accepted or deferred (they are not going to just reject her early on with that beautiful SAT staring at them). When deferred, if she writes a very strong LOCI (letter of continued interest) and shows them her amazing mid-year report, she will have a very high chance of acceptance. This was basically my case. After being deferred, I showed them how much I wanted to come to Pomona by spending a lot of time writing the letter and showing them my mid-year report grades. Back in November, I was also deciding between SCEA Stanford and ED Pomona. Looking back, I am so glad I didn’t do SCEA Stanford, since out 40+ kids who applied to Stanford with SCEA, only one got in and she was heavily hooked (international science award). </p>