<p>thinking about business</p>
<p>i am decent decent decent student. </p>
<p>thinking about nyu, johns hopkins, michigan, chicago… any others??</p>
<p>This is not the way to go about selecting an Early Decision school. ED is an option for students who KNOW that a certain school is their first choice <em>AND</em> would be able to attend such a school no matter what kind of financial aid package they are offered. Yes, you can get out of the contract if you are not offered sufficient aid, but the definition of “sufficient” is very narrow and often more up to the school than to you.</p>
<p>Why on earth would you want to apply ED to a school if you don’t have a clear first choice? Contrary to popular belief, there’s no evidence that applying ED increases an individual student’s chances of admission. Admissions rates are often higher for ED crowds, but that’s because ED students tend to be self-selecting and would be competitive regardless of when they applied. If you are an average student, your choices are most likely no higher during the ED period than they are during the regular decision pool. Moreover, you will have the benefit of being able to compare financial aid packages.</p>
<p>I know some kids who got in ED to a few selective schools who would almost certainly not have gotten in RD. Plus, you can get out of ED if you can’t afford the school, it’s not like there’s any point in coercing a student who can’t afford it, or even one that can only afford it at great hardship. As long as you’re not cynically using the finances to break the agreement, I don’t believe you’d have a problem.</p>
<p>All that said, Juillet is completely right about it making no sense to apply anywhere ED unless you <em>know</em> it is your first choice school. It only makes sense if you can clearly look at a short list of your top choices and say, “If every single one of them accepted me, I’d choose X.”</p>
<p>thank you guys… all the answers helped me alot.</p>
<p>you should also take time to check which schools have ed… chicago, for sure, does not.</p>
<p>if you are looking at business you could look at UPenn Wharton, Carnegie Mellon, Georgetown…they all have good programs…if you type best undergraduate business into google you can find lists and stuff
i think it was like business week or some magazine had some ratings</p>
<p>northwestern. they have great programs in econ or industrial engineering & management sciences or kellogg undergrad certifcate</p>