<p>“If financial aid is a consideration then you should apply RD since any ED acceptance is binding.”</p>
<p>Except when applying for FA; if the offer is not enough, you decline and apply RD to other schools. Clearly, it can’t be any other way; if you can’t afford it, you can’t afford it.</p>
<p>Also read this:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/04/education/edlife/strategy.html[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/04/education/edlife/strategy.html</a></p>