Early Decision and Financial Aid

sybbie719
Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:10:18 +0000

In some cases even if you are low income and would like to compare
packages it still makes sense to apply ED.



The problem with this scenario is that you do not get to compare packages beacause you are suppose to withdraw all of your other application. Even applying to a school EA, you often do not get your FA package until packages are given out in the RD round.



If your scores are say 1250 to 1350, GPA around 3.5, you’re probably not getting in to the elite lacs RD. You’re best shot is to visit and then apply ED.



Absolutely not true as colleges know that they are going to get the lions share of their applications during the RD round (at the elites it could be any where from 5000 to 15000 more applications) which means the school is not hardpressed to admit a student with a 3.5 GPA and 1250 SAT when they know that there are going to be stronger students applying in the RD round.