Early Decision and Financial Aid

SilverClover
Sun, 22 Jul 2007 09:24:35 +0000

Call the school.

I applied ED with a EFC of 0. I called the school first and explained the situation, and they said they would take that into consideration with my application and that if what was not covered was more than my family income, I could break the contract. I had several friends who got ED and got less scholarship money than they needed call afterwards and get significantly more.

But call them first. I was dead set on a school with a significantly higher ED acceptance than regular (60% to 28%) so it was in my best interest to apply early as there really is no other school I have visited before or since that I would be happy about. It worked out well for me, but I’m a rare case. I don’t think most schools work like mine did (and last I heard, mine does not do that any more) but you can never be sure until you call.