should i ed 2?

NorCalDad
Mon, 04 Dec 2006 20:34:01 +0000

Blondechild,

If I were you, I would just leave things as they are. I think you stand a very good chance of being accepted for admission to Emory on RD, and there would be little benefit for you to re-categorize your admissions application to ED II. Emory Scholars Program semifinalists are announced in late January, and conceivably you might be named a semifinalist, although your academic profile looks as if it might be right on the cusp. If you are named a semifinalist to the ESP, however, you are then usually granted acceptance for admission to Emory. Further, there remains the opportunity to be awarded a merit scholarship. At the worse case, if you are not named an ESP semifinalist, you will find out your decision on April 1.

If you were to re-categorize your admissions application to ED II, it would place an additional and unnecessary constraint on your options since ED II would bind you to enroll at Emory if accepted (which, of course, is not a bad thing) and send in your deposit by February 15. You maintain leverage to choose by doing nothing regarding your application to Emory.

Frankly, I’m surprised that you were deferred at William & Mary for ED, but I think if your mid-term grades are good, you may ultimately be accepted there as well. If this is the case, you then may be in a good position of being able to choose according to your interests/preferences. Good luck!