Scholarship Deadlines Before Admission Decisions Roll Out?

Groundwork2022
Mon, 21 Jan 2019 20:31:09 +0000

I’m not sure I am understanding the problem. SDSU’s job is to fill it’s spots as soon as it can with the most qualified applicants it can. So suppose they mailed out acceptances, then had to wait for accepted students to apply for scholarships, it would be another month or two before students would know if they got a scholarship (or not) and how much, and thus if they could afford to attend. At which point they would send a deposit (or not). Transfers such as OP and waitlisted kids are already at the back of the line, and this would drag things out longer, no? Not to mention that some highly desired applicants might get stressed out with the wait and enroll elsewhere.

Also, by having everyone who needs aid apply for it early, colleges can set appropriate budgets for the following year and more accurately and fairly apply need aware policies to admission decisions.

I can understand OP’s frustration with doing extra and potentially unnecessary work, but the potential payoff is pretty big.