Does your school have a significant track record with one or both? If so, your guidance counselor’s school-specific insight might be more useful than looking at overall averages.
ED is definitely a big advantage at Villanova. But it also sounds like she needs time to recover from her ED I disappointment and decide where she can find the best educational opportunity.
My daughter actually ED2d to UChicago, another super reach. Still waiting to hear.
To our surprise she was actually accepted EA to both Villanova & Richmond last Friday. Shocked to say the least!
From rural NY, public high school. Applied test optional, solid gpa. Lot of unique ECs.
She really tailored her application package to showcase spike or focus on all her environmental projects & volunteer work which must have caught attention and helped in lieu of high test scores.
Thanks for checking in, still waiting on for financial aid offers & some other RD decisions but very happy with outcomes so far!