A question of morality.

cangel
Tue, 14 Dec 2004 09:28:09 +0000

Part of the point of SCEA is to level the playing field for low income students - give them the security and “benefit” of an early app plus still allowing them to compare financial aid packages. Practically speaking it works that way for middle and upper mid income too - the val last year from my child’s school was a Harvard EA admit, but eventually turned that down, reputedly for financial reasons.

Also, following the money thread, I think many kids who are accepted to HYS early, apply to “less prestigious schools” for big scholarships (a lot of these are the middle income). Most applicants to these schools are not in the running for the big scholarships, so the students that are high stat aren’t really competing with the other students.