<p>Is there a sense among Duke EA applicants that EA will impact aid, or have those admitted received the type of aid packages they expected?</p>
<p>I don’t know for sure, but I don’t believe that financial aid packages are distributed until after RD. There’s only so much to go around. So, EAs and RDs need to be considered together. I know that is the case at Georgetown where my daughter was admitted EA. Georgetown won’t be sending out financial aid info until next week for both EA and Rd.</p>
<p>From the Duke website: “Early Decision candidates must be willing to attend Duke if they are accepted in December. Students admitted under this plan may be released only for compelling financial reasons . . . You, your parents, and your secondary school counselor will be asked to sign a statement confirming your intention to . . . withdraw applications to other institutions immediately upon your admission to Duke.”</p>
<p>So if they don’t provide at least an aid estimate shortly after ED acceptance, how would applicants know whether or not they’d have to decline Duke admission and keep their RD applications viable?</p>
<p>As I said, I don’t know for sure and I’ve never explored the Duke EA rules. They certainly are different than Georgetown.</p>
<p>Duke does follow a needs-blind admission policy though. That means that if one is accepted, Duke will provide whatever is needed to pay for Duke. So, theoretically, students admitted to Duke EA would never have a compelling financial reason to withdraw.</p>
<p>Actually Duke doesn’t provide international students with need-blind financial aid</p>
<p>Samir is right. My interviewer told me that there is full financial aid for only about 20 internationals. So, while Duke is the school I am most likely to get into, it is the one that I am least likely to attend; all the others are need blind and will give me full finaid.</p>