Princeton or Williams for premed?

EyeVeee
Wed, 27 Oct 2021 13:00:49 +0000

1NJParent:

How so? SCEA isn’t binding

I know that, but if you’re holding a Princeton admission in one hand, how many kids are going to apply to other schools? Throw a Yale/Harvard/Stanford app in to see if you would have made it? If you really wanted to go to Harvard over Princeton, wouldn’t you have EA’d there?

I know Princeton EA is non-binding…but this idea that kids wouldn’t take that acceptance in December and just look forward to next fall in Central NJ is silly. A kid who EA’s to Princeton isn’t shopping alternatives. Since you can’t apply early at a competitor, EA at Princeton is as close to ED as you can get without calling it ED. And as we all know, ED isn’t mandatory. A fair number of kids get out of ED if necessary.

As for Rutgers, it was 6 and 3 years ago. My recollection is that applications opened Oct 1…and they both knew before applying anywhere else on Nov 1. Maybe they’re just lucky they weren’t offered a Presidential scholarship?