Does being full pay help admission

Back to the OP, no one here really knows if full pays have an advantage in Ivy admissions, because none of know exactly if and how financial info/proxies are used in the admissions process. Certainly all 8 Ivies have variability in their admissions processes as well.

The only piece I know is that many coaches know the fin aid status of their recruits and some express positive affirmations if the student needs minimal/no aid. Many of the Ivies will also do financial aid pre-reads for recruits. I expect all of this info finds its way to admissions, but this is a relatively small percentage of the admits.

I’m not sure why you are asking this question, but if you are asking if being a full pay Ivy applicant will minimize the impact/allow AOs to overlook stats or some other factor that is lacking, the answer is it won’t.

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