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<p>Unless I missed examples of poor people in your arguments, it seems that the purported victims of the ED system are the members of the middle class. </p>
<p>Unless you use a very liberal classification of the poor, there is no evidence that the poor fares worse in the ED rounds. The only drawback is that the poor suffers from lacking guidance and models, and might not be aware of all the BENEFITS provided by ED.</p>
<p>Just for reference, take a look at the Questbridge program that exemplifies why early applications are both important and very sensible in BOOSTING the chances of the poor at highly selective schools.</p>
<p>And again, it is simply not feasible to extrapolate the financial aid package offered before attending to suggest a full comparison of four or five years packages. The policies might change just as the financial situation of the applicants.</p>