<p>I must confess to having only skimmed so this may have already been discussed…</p>
<p>We did NOT apply ED for DS1 in 2010 since FA iwas (and is) indeed a conceern and we felt the need to compare packages.</p>
<p>For DS2 this year, he DID apply ED but was deferred. The new Net Price Calculator at least offered a relative idea of expected packages. Since the ED school met full need and seemed to be in the ballpark of our idea of need, we felt OK with the ED option. Although the NPC did show schools with better packages, the ED school appeared do-able. We figures that if they did not come back with a financial aid offer that was close to the calculator we would have had an ethical reason to bail on the ED. </p>
<p>For better or worse he will hopefully now have the option to consider all the offers after all. Let’s hope.</p>