What Are My Chances? (Vanderbilt)

northwesty
Tue, 03 Oct 2017 23:55:29 +0000

You should ED1 if (i) you really think you’d be happy one and done with Vandy and not considering other schools and (ii) the NPC gives your parents an acceptable price.

Under the ED rules, you can always decline an ED offer for financial reasons. But Vandy seems to be pretty good about estimating their need-based aid.

But if you need to get scholarships and merit awards (rather than need aid) to make the dollars work, then ED really doesn’t make sense. Getting the merit money to work usually means applying to a number of places and waiting to see what deals you get offered. FYI, there would be no merit money at Yale, NW or Brown. Vandy and USC have merit money but it is highly competitive to get.