Full pay made a difference in admissions?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It 100% makes a difference. When you leave the box unchecked on the common app that says you don't need financial assistance, you go in a different bucket. Obviously it makes a difference.

How can you say it obviously makes a difference? You can suspect it makes a difference (I do too), but on what grounds can you say it obviously does? How do you know? Can you share how you know this? Do you sit on an admissions committee where these decisions are made?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It 100% makes a difference. When you leave the box unchecked on the common app that says you don't need financial assistance, you go in a different bucket. Obviously it makes a difference.

How can you say it obviously makes a difference? You can suspect it makes a difference (I do too), but on what grounds can you say it obviously does? How do you know? Can you share how you know this? Do you sit on an admissions committee where these decisions are made?

No one can know for certain. Doesn’t make it not so….

I suspect most don’t consider ability to pay, but there are absolutely some that do.