Urgent! Withdrawing financial aid?

Pickwick
Wed, 28 Nov 2012 20:34:34 +0000

NYCtempo is right; the needs blind policy has never applied to internationals, so you are in the same position you always were. Will it help you personally not to apply for financial aid? It’s totally impossible to know for certain as it depends on how much the adcom likes your application, who you are competing with, and maybe their assessment as to how much aid you need. If you get accepted without applying for or getting financial aid, I think you will regret it. It is also possible that if you get denied you will obsess over whether you would have been admitted if you didn’t ask for aid, but frankly, if you can’t realistically afford the school without the aid then being admitted without it seems pointless and a recipe for disaster. … the adcom may split the baby and admit you with a small aid package. Who knows? I would apply for the aid and let the admissions people do their job.