Do i stand for a chance?

TheDad
Sat, 01 Jul 2006 11:21:00 +0000

HZ, it’s virtually impossible to say. Many ED applicants at many colleges probably receive the same FinAid offer that they would have received had they applied RD. But–and I suspect it’s unproveable–there is a very widespread perception that many students at many colleges receive offers that are at least slightly inferior to what they would have received had they applied RD. Others (Mini?) may have some actual hard data on this, I do not.

Where is Smith in all of this? While I can find FinAid very annoying in some respects, they seem to be “equal opportunity” annoying, playing the cards pretty straight to a large degree.

Btw, don’t let our concern with FinAid obscure one key fact: I think all of us would agree that Smith is a great place to spend four years and that you would be a great addition to the Smith community.

My D is probably towards one extreme in her opinions but after two years, she wouldn’t want to have gone anywhere else.