Early decision vs regular decision - financial aid

cptofthehouse
Sun, 18 Aug 2019 23:41:41 +0000

ED has the escape clause of insufficient financial aid. ED applicants who are accepted get a financial aid package with the acceptance. If inadequate, the accepted student can be released from the ED contract.

Yes, ED applicants have s better chance r of getting accepted by Penn. As a general rule, it’s befn my observation that Accepted ED students tend to get solid FA packages. The schools really want a 100% yield for ED. All financial aid applicants should run the NPCs for their schools and there is room for discussion of the aid package is way off. If it is, getting an explanation is important, because all of the NPCs might be off for the same reason The ED financial aid package might be the best a student gets