Much Better to be Waitlisted Than Deferred

kleibo
Wed, 28 Dec 2011 11:51:56 +0000

Mihcal1 - Those applying for ED should not be looking to compare financial aid packages. Most schools probably work the way you have described, but I know that Carnegie does not work like that. ED acceptances only are offered Full Need. If you get deferred to the RD round - no more Full need. So in that case - it is a huge disadvantage to get deferred if you need FA.

And most deferred applicants do not get an FA offer - they are only for accepted students. So the deferred applicant would first need to get accepted in the RD round and then compare the packages.