Your opinion on EARLY DECISION

bluedog
Mon, 30 Jun 2014 17:51:59 +0000

I agree that if you actually don’t qualify for financial aid and don’t want to pay full fare, then applying to Duke ED is unwise. Having said that, do you definitely know that you won’t qualify? Did you check out Duke’s net price calculator? Net Price Calculator;

A lot of upper class families don’t realize that Duke does offer aid pretty high up in the income bracket. Coming from Idaho definitely is appealing for a lot of schools out East who want to say “we have students from all 50 states” although Montana would be better than Idaho. You can get out of ED under majorly extenuating circumstances if you can prove you can’t afford it, but if you don’t apply for, and don’t qualify for financial aid because your family is wealthy, saying you don’t want to pay isn’t going to cut it.

Good luck.