Rolling Schools/Safeties

electronblue
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:26:48 +0000

robinsue, we have one in college already with an EFC of approx 15K at a very generous school (Williams but they are reinsituting loans for the class admitted this year). There are very few schools where I would be okay with my daughter applying ED but she is considering a couple (Swarthmore, Amherst, ?). She is more of a small LAC type than an Ivy type but honestly the HYP financial aid has me pushing her to consider those as well. For example, the Princeton aid calculator puts our billed costs there at around $4500. I know those are big reaches but money is a consideration.

Is it okay to apply ED to one school and EA to another, as long as you understand you will withdraw the other apps if accepted to the ED school? My older daughter applied to Pitt which had rolling admissions. And SCEA would rule out these EA options? Or not if it’s called something else, like “priority application”?