safety, match, reach, high reach

interesteddad
Tue, 20 May 2008 12:01:15 +0000

I wonder what stops the more competitive colleges from doing rolling admissions. If all colleges did rolling admissions, you would have a lot of kids applying to the top colleges first, then when they get rejected in 4 weeks, they could really get serious about targetting the less ‘reachy’ ones.



That’s what Early Decision is all about. It efficiently matches up the most serious, enthusiastic applicants at each school. It’s a win/win for the students who are accepted (and the school). Those who are not accepted Early Decision have time to drop back and recalibrate their strategy as required.