Early Decision and Financial Aid

echoes600
Wed, 25 Jul 2007 16:14:58 +0000

well, i experienced something like this last year: i applied to middlebury early decision 1 and my financial aid package had a huge family contribution part which we couldn’t cover up. so i didn’t send the deposit and appealed for the increase of my financial aid decision. i sent my regular decision applications in this period too, in case middlebury didn’t increase my financial aid. i got an answer in mid-january regarding this; they told me that they wouldn’t increase my package. afterwards, we sent in some additional documents, my school appealed for me too and i got the financial aid i wanted in mid-february. afterwards, i withdrew all my regular applications so the process turned out to be just fine.
don’t worry; when it’s financial aid, the binding property of early decision just vanishes away and you’re free to appeal or reject to go to the school you’re accepted to. good luck!