financial aid question

ericd1112
Thu, 28 Feb 2013 12:34:39 +0000

^I agree. Send it in. Reading between the lines, it sounds like this is a record year for applications and, with all of the financial uncertainty, an exceptionally challenging year for university financial aid departments. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Ivies blow past their alleged March 28th “Ivy Day” decision deadline. Not to jinx things but I would go ahead and book your travel to visit whatever school you think you have your best shot to get into and have enough aid, around the third week in April. I recommend Southwest because you can change without penalty, but this way you’ll have the tickets at a decent price. Otherwise you could be scrambling as a huge number of kids headed to schools around the country, who are going the hear back late this year (again, IMHO), and they are all going to want to fly that same weekend.