<p>wow cbw123, that is one heck of a generalization–unless this is a common practice across many teams at Cornell and over several years.</p>
<p>My bet on Princeton’s sucess is tied to the increased financial aid available. They leave themselves an out to declare just about any student eligible for FA in their calculations. And then if they want a particular athlete, the FA is adjusted. I know of at least two kids who got very generous FA there that would have never gotten that kind of aid elsewhere–both athletes. This is totally antecdotal, I know, but I’ll bet some of you have more evidence as well.</p>
<p>For my D, running our numbers through all the Ivy League school’s FA calculators resulted only in Princeton saying we’d get anything, and it was minimal. But that opens the door that was effectively shut elsewhere.</p>