<p>S already found his dream college he wants to go. But his last year grade is not his best. His SAT is 2100.
He wants to work harder in next few months to push up his grade and retake SAT in Oct and apply RD, but friends told him to apply ED because higher acceptance rate.</p>
<p>Which one he will have better chance?</p>
<p>How bad was last year? ED schools consider acceptance based on grades through the end of the junior year. If his are not that good, then it will not help him in acceptance in the ED round…there are likely plenty of well qualified applicants applying…and the ED “edge” in admissions isn’t THAT high.</p>
<p>Personally I’d wait.</p>
<p>And find other schools with similar characteristics for him to love too. Having one dream school is fine…as long as your kid has other dream schools too.</p>
<p>Thanks Thumper1 </p>
<p>agree with you, he better wait to get better grade by end of this year to apply them all together.</p>
<p>It depends on the school and on his grades.</p>
<p>You and your son seem to think that a 2100 is a disappointing SAT score, but many students would be satisfied with it, and many colleges would consider it plenty high enough. If his grades are in the range that might be expected of a student with a 2100 SAT, the same colleges might find those grades to be good enough as well.</p>
<p>Can you find information about the 25th and 75th percentiles for SAT scores and maybe GPA at the college where your son is considering applying ED? That might give you and him a better idea of whether an ED application would be wise.</p>
<p>It really does depend on the school. Is the school one that “rolls over” ED into RD or one that, once you are denied, you are denied with no option to re-apply? That makes a huge difference in your son’s decision. Also, will you be seeking financial aid? That is fairly hard to find for international students. If so, you will definitely need to work hard in your search and possibly not limit your son to a restrictive ED. Good luck!</p>
<p>we will not seek financial aid. he was all As student before, but he had 4 Bs last year. the university he want to apply ED is one of top 10 university. so I agree that he should push up his grade and get As back.</p>
<p>At any of the top 10 universities in the U.S., his complete application will need to be a stellar one. If he is an international student, he will be competing for admissions with a VERY strong pool of international applicants. Most of these schools accept well under 10% of international students who apply.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone, We have quite few safeties schools to apply RD as well.</p>