To ED or not to ED

radmaster
Thu, 27 Sep 2012 20:41:55 +0000

So basically I just found out that the early decision applicant pool is much more competitive than regular. For someone who is a borderline applicant like myself would it be wiser to apply early or just wait till regular decisions where it isn’t as competitive?

White/Senior;
class rank: 1/375

UW: 3.957
W: 4.522

Senior Year Course Load:
AP Stat
AP Calc AB
AP Physics
AP Lit
AP Econ/Ap Gov
H French V ( Our school couldn’t afford to have a separate AP french class )

Have taken one of the hardest workloads offered at school(14 AP classes by end of Senior Year)

Geographic: Atlanta
SAT/SAT II: Not Sending
ACT: 31= 33/32/32/26 W-9
AP’s: I would list scores but they specifically told me they don’t care about AP scores.

Student Government 9-12; Executive Vice President
National Honor Society 11-12; Executive Vice President
Varsity soccer 9-12
Competitive club soccer 7-12
Referee for local soccer games since 9-12
Ping Pong 10-12; President
Recycling club founder 11-12, President
MUN 9-12
Beta 11-12
French National Honor Society 9-12
Academic Decathlon Team 9th (5 freshmen chosen out of entire class)
Selective 1 week internship/summit with Atlanta Community Food Bank

Awards:
Varsity Soccer Academic Award (highest GPA)
AP Scholar
Georgia Certificate of Merit
French National Honor Society
Superlative “Best All Around”
Principal’s Honor Roll 9-11

What would you guys do?