<p>If your child is a C average student, would you have them apply for early admissions or when everyone else does? I’m just wondering if this helps or hurts chances for admission?</p>
<p>Well…Early decision accepted (ED) students typically are at the top of the students who are applying to a school. Schools are looking for top candidates who are willing to commit early to a school. A student with a C average isn’t going to have that attraction.</p>
<p>thumper: that surely depends on the school in question; if the school accepts B-, C students normally in RD, then an ED application, with no FA required is going to get admissions attention in a private third tier LAC…so again, it depends on the school in question…</p>
<p>My oldest applied early action to Wittenberg. Granted, she also had a considerable amount of community service and very strong and committed EC’s, so I think that also helped. I think some of this also depends on test scores.</p>
<p>Sure, if the school is a good fit applying early could help. Of course don’t do this if aid is an issue.</p>
<p>^ I agree, applying for financial aid ED should be done only to that one dream school you would attend if there is any way possible to make it work, when you don’t want to compare FA packages.</p>
<p>so if she needs financial aid she should not apply early either?</p>
<p>Kimy, are there specific schools your daughter is interested in? Some schools that might be attractive to a C student who needs financial aid offer rolling admission. That is a bit different than Early Decision. Can you give us a bit more information? So far we know your daughter is a C student who needs financial aid. Any other information you can provide?</p>
<p>She is interested in 3 different schools, two of which I know she will get into. The one she really wants to attend is the University of Kentucky( which is where we live). I have had several people tell me she won’t have problems getting in but I’m also curious about the ED process.</p>
<p>IMHO, the ONLY time ED should be used when needing FA is when she has one dream school. If she doesn’t, use Early Action or Regular Decision so you can compare FA packages.</p>
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<p>The above is from the University of Kentucky website. The school appears to have rolling admissions. There is NO early action (EA) or early decision (ED) option that I could find. Since admissions are rolling…yes, I would suggest that your daughter complete her application as soon as possible. First, the earlier she applies, the more openings there will be and that is good. Second…she will (according to the website) have a decision within a few weeks of completing the complete application.</p>
<p>Look on the website for the information about what to send. Get it done as soon as you can. And good luck to your daughter.</p>
<p>It looks as if UK has rolling notification. I would verify that and have her apply as soon as possible if that’s the case. Since they do not have Early Decision, financial aid shouldn’t be an issue. I believe that in most instances, if you apply Early Decision you are basically committing to attend the school at any cost, regardless of financial aid. Early Action doesn’t obligate the student to commit, at least to my understanding.</p>
<p>Edit: I should have known someone more knowledgeable would beat me to the punch!</p>
<p>“if you apply Early Decision you are basically committing to attend the school at any cost, regardless of financial aid”</p>
<p>For the record, this is not true, at least not for schools that use the common app. From the common app instructions:
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<p>Thank you, vossron. I should have stated “to my understanding”. I would just add the caveat that what schools consider an award that makes attendance possible may not be what the family considers an award making attendance possible. Fair enough?</p>
<p>Quite so! The “middle class” seems to have the hardest time getting the two numbers to agree.</p>
<p>Thanks Everyone!</p>
<p>Many state schools operate under rolling admissions, and yes, there is often a big advantage to applying early in the season under that system. While the field is wide open for students, there is a better chance of acceptance. As the seats fill up, it gets more difficult. For many stat schools, the only things that count are grades/class rank, test scores, date the application is received.</p>