<p>But pbr,… If he applies SCEA to Stanford and gets waitlisted or rejected, he might ALSO wonder what may have happened had he applied to Penn ED.</p>
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<p>Good advice. If Stanford is your first choice, I strongly discourage you from applying ED anywhere. Just apply RD to wherever else and do EA at Stanford.</p>
<p>Well I was thinking about just doing RD for duke and Columbia and was just wondering about my chances of getting accepted</p>
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<p>They’re both reaches. Your chances at Columbia are probably equal to your chances at Stanford, maybe a little better. Your chances at Duke are decent, but I wouldn’t expect acceptance there either.</p>
<p>The entire process is random. None of us can accuratenly ‘pin’ your chance of acceptancee to any school except state public schools that only require certain GPAs/test scores.</p>
<p>Well yes I realize that. I know I’m guaranteed into the university of Texas already so it’s my back up. I don’t think I’m gonna apply to any other state schools beside Berkeley</p>
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<p>No advantage. Why would there be an advantage for a non-binding decision? If that was the case everyone would do EA</p>
<p>Regarding your original post–you are applying to two school that both have a history of looking for unique attributes in students, as opposed to just scores, grades, and hours of volunteering. Don’t get your hopes up</p>
<p>Stanford SCEA is brutal for unhooked applicants–check out the results for the class of 2014.</p>