<p>My son, a junior, loved GW on our recent visit/tour. I am wondering just how advantageous it would be for him to apply ED next Fall? He's fairly borderline according to GW stats so would that be his best chance for admission?</p>
<p>Any honest opinions are very appreciated -- thanks!</p>
<p>My friends last year and myself this year all applied RD and we all got in. I have heard -and read in this CC site some people got rejected from ED so I am not sure that there is a strict quota, more like if you are qualified and ready to commit, you'll have more chances of being accepted. It will not hurt however if you are borderline and you are willig to "marry" to the school of choice.
Good Luck</p>
<p>Having just gone through this whole process once, and with my daughter eventually settling on GW after a lot of painful waiting and hard decisions, I would say that if your son continues to love GW after seeing other schools and if you do not have to worry about comparing financial aid packages in your decision process- then ED is a great way to go. I would love to have been able to skip all of the drama and get this all over with in a happy way in December.</p>
<p>ED is the way to go. Acceptance rates are higher for ED students.</p>
<p>Acceptance rates are not drastically higher however. GW doesn't lower it's expectations that much. However, if you love the school and FAid isn't a concern, then do it!!! I love GW and if you are interested, you should read GW BlogSpot. The place for news and opinion on campus. [url=<a href="http://gwblogspot.blogspot.com/%5DGWblogspot.com%5B/url">http://gwblogspot.blogspot.com/]GWblogspot.com[/url</a>]</p>
<p>Thanks for all your posts. I've seen that ED rate is something like 58% compared to RD rate of about 33%? Does anyone know if this is really the case? If so, with FA not being a factor, it seems to me that ED really gives you a leg-up in the admissions department -- true?</p>
<p>ya it is true for most schools because they know that u are committed and will love the school. For some schools like GW the rate is much higher.</p>
<p>Yes that is true. I also believe that GW is an EDI and an EDII school.</p>
<p>Which means that if you still are not sure until a little bit later in the process, you can still apply early.</p>
<p>ED would be the best route to follow if you are sure you want to (and more importantly can afford to) commit to GW. Apparently, GW attempts to admit a significant portion of its incoming students during the two rounds of ED, so that it can be more picky during regular decision. And just to let you know, even after being admitted ED you can still petition your financial aid. I personally did and they ended up giving me $15,000 more-and not in loans.</p>
<p>Oh, and bonne chance.</p>