@momto2024runner I had a kid that was recruited T&F D1, ended up at an Ivy. For this kid and the Ivy’s, I don’t think the FA question mattered all that much from the coach’s and recruiting perspective, at least not that we could sense, though they were a top athletic recruit, very strong academically, so very strong recruiting interest.
However, I had another kid different sport, that was not nearly as strong academically (big reach academically for top NESCACs or Ivy’s academically) and the NESCACs were all interested and reached out. In hindsight for this case, I would agree with what @Mwfan1921 states that if the answer is “no to needing FA”, that is often an advantage. At lease one of the NESCAC coaches was very clear in asking and wanting to know if families would be requesting FA, which we/I would answer yes. Knowing more now then I did then, I believe the coach may have been trying to ferret out if FA or the cost was a factor in the school decision, which it was in our case, and I believe now was a little bit of a disadvantage.
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