<p>A couple of people–BerryBerry and Mummom, to be precise–insist upon talking about people “whining” about FA awards.</p>
<p>I hope you are not talking about me. I am not “whining”–to the contrary, I am deeply grateful for the generous awards offered us by two schools that actually did meet need. </p>
<p>I chose to reveal some personal experiences here in hopes of providing a dose of reality and helping others who might find the information useful. I do not think that I deserve to be insulted by you or anyone else as a result.</p>
<p>Teachva, your son should immediately apply to a good range of RD schools-- <em>NOT EDII</em> schools, where the same thing might happen. There should be plenty of choices with workable deadlines. He has plenty of time to get the Jan 1 apps in, and just a few superb LACs with post Jan 1 deadlines that I can think of (at least as of 2008) are Pomona, Swarthmore, and Haverford. If he has a good Personal Statement and one other good essay, he should be able to recycle them with some editing for most applications. As long as he gets his Common Apps in on time, the rest of the pieces can follow. I’m sorry about his ED disappointment.</p>
<p>You obviously did due diligence and were blind-sided by the results. Just start applying elsewhere NOW, and don’t wait to hear the results of any appeal at the ED school.</p>