Top 50 schools where full pay makes a difference

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Anonymous wrote:All of them.

+1. with the exception of the few need blind schools

Basically all of the T50 are need blind. So how would this help??

If OP is referring to T50 universities only, about 20 schools are need blind. There are many top SLACS that are also need blind.

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11/23/2024 20:38

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Anonymous wrote:EVERY. SINGLE. ONE.

My full pay kid was waitlisted at a school where she was at the 75% for grades and test scores. Didn’t seem to help her at all.

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11/23/2024 20:39

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Most of them say they are need blind. But even Harvard will roll over for a big enough donation.

Rule out schools that promise to meet full need with grants. Also rule out schools that don’t offer binding ED. Especially look for schools that offer ED2, or that have gimmicks like rolling ED or ED zero or ED3 (a reference to how they manage the waitlist).

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11/23/2024 20:49

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Anonymous wrote:Most of them say they are need blind. But even Harvard will roll over for a big enough donation.

Rule out schools that promise to meet full need with grants. Also rule out schools that don’t offer binding ED. Especially look for schools that offer ED2, or that have gimmicks like rolling ED or ED zero or ED3 (a reference to how they manage the waitlist).

But I don’t think OP is asking about schools where being a major donor makes a difference (as that really is ALL schools) but rather where does simply being labeled “full pay” offer some sort of admission advantage.

I don’t understand your second part at all - could you explain? Why does ED2 make a difference? I thought Wake was only school to offer rolling ED - are there others? And what is ED3? I have not heard of that. Is EDzero like U Chicago offering priority to summer program participants? Thank you for helping me understand and learn. This is all new and confusing.

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11/23/2024 21:13

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All of them.

+1. with the exception of the few need blind schools

Basically all of the T50 are need blind. So how would this help??

If OP is referring to T50 universities only, about 20 schools are need blind. There are many top SLACS that are also need blind.