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https://www.thedp.com/article/2020/01/ivy-leauge-admissions-applications-furda-penn-decisions
Interesting. My D20 applied RD. The problem is that now she has been accepted EA several places and housing at many places is first come, first served. So, the RD schools might be out of the running before they make their decisions.
Applicants are realizing that it’s a waste of time and money for unhooked to apply RD when half of the class is already filled with ED and most of the remaining seats are marked for special interests and quotas.
Imho housing deposit shouldn’t be the deciding factor in picking colleges but that’s just my opinion.
@CupCakeMuffins normally I’d agree, but at her other top choice she’d basically be signing a year long lease. So instead of a $300 housing deposit, it’s more like a $10k commitment. She will be making the decision though. I am just making her aware of the options. She does have a not-as-desired housing choice at that other school that would be about a $300 deposit. That’s an option. But if she waits on 1st choice housing at that school, she won’t get it by end of March. Her choice. Will be interesting to see what she decides. I think Penn is a reach for her as it is.
That sure makes it difficult. It’s a lot of money and other school is her other top choice not a safety she is settling for. I hope things work out for the best.
But that’s a $10K commitment in order to get “better housing”, not to confirm admission. I assume the people who get in at RD are not left out in the streets.
@hebegebe Yes, for her first choice of housing at that other school. She can still pay a housing deposit there and get lesser desired housing if she waits until March (or whenever Penn comes out), but I think there’s a high chance she won’t be getting into Penn, so this is a large gamble. But she knows the odds.