ED - when to withdraw other college apps?

woody35
Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:57:39 +0000

I understand the rules about ED in general. This is not a question of comparing offers from different schools at all. It’s a question about continuing to submit required financial info to other schools before their upcoming deadlines while the ED school’s financial
aid determination is still unknown.

I’m asking specifically about activities during the time in limbo between getting the ED acceptance and actually receiving financial aid information that apparently hasn’t been determined yet. Along with the admission letter, the college financial aid office sent a letter saying something is missing but with no further details and office was already closed for the weekend when letter arrived. So student can’t determine yet if ED school’s FA will end up being enough to attend the school.

In the meantime, there are looming deadlines to submit tax info/FA forms to other schools where apps have been submitted. This stuff was going to be sent out this weekend. If apps to the other schools are withdrawn immediately and then the ED school’s FA ends up making that school financially out of reach, those other withdrawals can’t be undone. None of them will make their own admissions determinations for several weeks but the submission deadline for family financial info to those schools will have passed before the ED school ever makes their FA pkg known.

So… should you still continue the ongoing process of submitting tax records to other schools before their final deadlines while waiting for ED school to finally send out details of their financial aid package? Even if the ED school’s missing info issue is resolved by end of day Monday at the earliest, the FA pkg will get sent out by mail again and some of the other schools expect to receive certain financial info by Feb 1, 2, etc. which is before student will receive the FA details from ED school and be able to make a realistic financial determination about that school.

There were no warnings or requests about missing financial info previous to ED admission and the online app status-checking info doesn’t mention any details either. Weekend admissions staff was zero help.