A friend told me yesterday that kids from the Northeast take a "big hit" (her words) if they don't apply early decision, because of the level of competition, and that colleges think that if the kid didn't apply Early Decision to their college then they probably applied ED to another college and therefore have less interest. How can the Northeast be different than the rest of the country? I asked her this and she insisted that it was, especially in the wealthier towns.
We aren't really in a position to have our kid apply ED and this is worrying me. I know that percentages of acceptance are much higher for ED than for RD so what she said makes some sense, but I don't understand why the expectations would be different in my part of the country. Can anyone give some input on this?
By the way, this same friend told me that girls only compete with other girls and boys with other boys for admission to colleges, so we shouldn't worry about how many boys from our kid's HS might want to go to the same college, just how many girls. Thoughts on this? Sorry if I sound naive. Thanks.
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