Yale is "Need-Blind" so..

T26E4
Fri, 18 Nov 2016 22:34:56 +0000

This is only a guess from me – Fin Aid and admissions must move somewhat in tandem. Obviously, FinAid doesn’t calculate every applicant’s package – that’d be wasteful as a good number will be rejected or deferred, not eventually needing any fin aid award. Then there’s the quick reads/quick accepts – barring anything startling, these applicants upon the early reads gained enough positive attention to warrant acceptance. The recruited athletes would fall into this group too. Awards are calculated for this group, it goes without saying.

Then, there’s the remaining pool – which will includes some accepts and some deferrals. I assume the fin aid office begins prelim work on this entire pool – and as decisions are made on which are accepts and deferrals, full work ups are made for the accepted pool.

I think you’re somewhere in this latter pool (which is much better than the first pool!). Are you already in the accepted pile or still in the “still considering” pile? Who can know? But it’s certainly not a BAD position to be in.

Best of luck to you! Decision in less than two weeks for you QB applicants!