<p>one often hears about a ‘hook’, or a URM, having a bit of an admissions advantage. Does URM or hook include economically disadvantaged or only ethnicity? NU is need blind but not ‘ethnically blind’ since ethnicity (as well as legacy, and athletic) info is on the admissions app.</p>
<p>Financial info is not available to the admissions people --on the application at least.</p>
<p>Does anyone know how the ED process works? Is it the following?</p>
<p>1) student prepares and submits ED application by 11-1</p>
<p>2) NU admissions folks review the ED app during the [next 30 or so] days.</p>
<p>3). Student’s family prepares and submits the CSS Profile (estimated financial data for 2010) BY 12-1.</p>
<p>4) NU admissions publishes/discloses a decision by 12-15 or 12-16 (can’t recall offhand) , along with a provisional but supposedly pretty accurate FA award offer for the admits.</p>
<p>question–</p>
<p>in the above steps when is the admission decision rendered?
a-Before step (3)?
b-After step (3) or
c-all the above (for certain fencepost apps)?</p>
<p>In your answr, please square with the notion that NU is ‘need blind’ and an institution of high integrity.</p>