Should I go with my head or my heart?

juillet
Thu, 11 Sep 2014 20:04:40 +0000

This isn’t a ‘chance me’ thread per se, but your chances are inherently related to the question. You are presumably attempting to apply Early Decision at least in part in order to boost your chances at a particular school (I am assuming so because you’re deciding to apply ED between at least two universities. If you were using ED for it’s original purpose, which is to commit early to your top choice school, this wouldn’t be an issue). It’s also not uncommon for CC posters to use past posts you’ve given to help answer your question more fully - such as @artloversplus‌’s excellent advice to you using information you’d posted elsewhere. If you don’t like that, why are you asking questions here?



My heart says choose Stanford as I can always apply to other need-blind colleges in regular decision.



Well, that’s assuming that you get rejected. Getting rejected is never the problem in ED admissions, right? It’s getting accepted but not being able to afford to attend. Stanford is neither need-blind for internationals, nor do they meet 100% of full-financial need to international students. They say they admit just a small number of international citizens with some financial aid, which probably isn’t full need. So if you need almost a full ride to attend, I think you’d be better off focusing on applying ED to one of the 6 institutions that are both need-blind for int’ls and offer full demonstrated need.