Urgent! Withdrawing financial aid?

circuitrider
Sat, 01 Dec 2012 10:38:41 +0000

Always apply for aid, if you qualify for it.

Statistically, the number you have to look at is the 80% of all applicants who stand to get rejected regardless of their financial circumstances; students from families in the upper income levels have some advantage, but mainly because they have advantages all the way from kindergarten through high school.

The second number you have to look at is the 90% of admittees who will get in even with a need-aware approach. Again, if you can meet the academic and extra-curricular hurdles, your odds of attending Wesleyan flip completely in relation to what they were before you were admitted. Elite Smaller Colleges Struggle to Cover Financial Aid - The New York Times;