The Deuce: I deserve punishment, for sure. But blocking all apps from certain high schools? Lame and wrong.*

The Early Decision thing in college is a total farce - ATL December 10, 2025, 10:02:52

Conversely, we are seeing "yield protection" too. Lots of kids that got into Ga Tech engineering EA - ATL December 17, 2025, 10:28:24
- I think that’s a big part of it* - ab75 December 17, 2025, 18:19:50
what state(s) allow a minor to sign a binding contract that isn’t voidable by the minor? - bbonb December 17, 2025, 7:57:55
Nb08 is a Northwestern Wildcat - ab75 December 16, 2025, 17:13:23
- congrats!* - torinese December 18, 2025, 9:40:13
- Congrats* - EffinIllini December 17, 2025, 9:39:47
- Congrats! Black, Purple and White is a good color scheme.* - Warrin'_Illini December 17, 2025, 8:53:12
- Awesome. You'll get used to the purple. - JFG December 17, 2025, 8:10:02
- WTG!* - bbonb December 17, 2025, 7:58:18
- Congrats!!!* - Phytynlini December 17, 2025, 7:28:38
- Congrats!* - Tortillini December 17, 2025, 7:11:59
- That’s a proud parent moment. Very impressive, congrats! Plus, now you get to - voiceofreason December 16, 2025, 22:21:42
- Awesome! Congrats.* - DT December 16, 2025, 20:40:45
  - Sprout was deferred for EA at Georgetown - DT December 17, 2025, 6:54:41
- Incredible accomplishment* - nash December 16, 2025, 19:52:14
- nice! studying journalism?* - ECEIllinois December 16, 2025, 19:10:15
  - Computer science and Theater - ab75 December 16, 2025, 19:49:13
    - Their theatre scene is great. - JFG December 17, 2025, 8:08:53
      - That is awesome. - ab75 December 17, 2025, 18:21:43
- Congratulations!* - LWillhite December 16, 2025, 18:38:35
- Congrats!* - AintHatin December 16, 2025, 18:34:09
- mazel tov* - illinibone December 16, 2025, 18:09:48
- Nice . Good for him!* - ATL December 16, 2025, 17:34:12
- Congrats* - gvibes December 16, 2025, 17:33:31
- Wow, that’s awesome. Really hard to get into these days, especially for Chicagoland kids* - Herman Blume December 16, 2025, 17:16:42
  - Being rural may have helped, we’re about 90 miles from city* - ab75 December 16, 2025, 17:20:21
I would 100% support revoking federal funds from Tulane based on their actions* - cpsteine December 11, 2025, 16:57:08
- I would 100% support revoking your posting rights based on this post. - Carl Spackler December 16, 2025, 17:40:49
  - I deserve punishment, for sure. But blocking all apps from certain high schools? Lame and wrong.* - cpsteine December 18, 2025, 10:19:21
I guess that's how the daughter of my wife's cousin got into Tulane * - Jersey December 11, 2025, 15:05:36
your face is total farts. * - VIV December 11, 2025, 14:25:12
- And I love the smell of them * - ATL December 11, 2025, 15:19:20
  - Smells like... - uofi1998 December 16, 2025, 17:28:42
Since when is BU competitive?* - complainant December 10, 2025, 19:36:27
- 20+ years at least* - Carl Spackler December 10, 2025, 19:43:28
Cal Tech rules. - nash December 10, 2025, 19:23:04
Yeah, My daughter just didn't apply ED anywhere. Already has 3 EA responses back, though. - illinibone December 10, 2025, 15:00:08
Yeah I haven’t loved this, but it’s actually a part of a broader push that’s even worse, IMO. - Carl Spackler December 10, 2025, 10:55:21
- I can’t imagine not visiting a school before applying. Conduct visits in Jr/Sr year, then - voiceofreason December 10, 2025, 16:13:06
  - APS does not count college visits as excused absences and many schools don’t offer tours - ATL December 10, 2025, 20:00:27
    - Fair, we only had 5-6 that my oldest considered. Just took her out of school over a couple - voiceofreason December 16, 2025, 22:20:08
Yeah—that was a total non-starter for us - DT December 10, 2025, 10:24:06
- Yeah, I think Duke & scUM are the only schools mini is applying to with ED but he went EA to UM and - ATL December 10, 2025, 10:38:06
  - NB08 did ED - ab75 December 11, 2025, 16:25:59
  - EA to UM is pretty much worthless. - Chicago1995 December 10, 2025, 11:08:10
    - Yeah, Georgia Tech is the same way and one of the reasons why we did RD there. The other being - ATL December 10, 2025, 11:35:19
  - One interesting wrinkle here was that Maryland required EA to qualify for merit scholarships - DT December 10, 2025, 10:44:03
    - Early action doesn’t bother me at all given it’s not a binding agreement and I understand how it - ATL December 10, 2025, 10:46:58
The way that admissions have evolved is pretty farcical. - Chicago1995 December 10, 2025, 10:22:24
The first five words of the above post title are superfluous* - Sammich December 10, 2025, 10:14:55
Agreed. Completely avoided it with our kids.* - DocWalk20 December 10, 2025, 10:13:32
It is, and I’m sure there are more nefarious reasons at play as well - snipes824 December 10, 2025, 10:12:16
- It's as much about revenue as it is enrollment. - Chicago1995 December 10, 2025, 10:24:02
  - I knew there would be a more nefarious reason* - snipes824 December 10, 2025, 10:26:40

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