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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you are applying to a 'need aware' school, not checking the financial aid box can be an advantage in admission.  For a 'need blind' school it won't matter (they have to separate out that info from what the reviewers see).  Technically it shouldn't matter for merit aid consideration, but confirm with your particular school whether you need to check the FA box to be considered for merit awards.  Run the NPC for the school to make the decision whether or not you will receive aid--they are usually pretty accurate, and can vary widely by school.
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Are you distinguishing between full pay students who do and do not check the box? Have you heard this from an AO?[/quote]

Yes, at one need aware school.  So policies may differ of course.  They said though they are need aware, admissions and financial aid offices are separate so they use the "box" as an initial indicator.  I don't remember the exact words, but I interpreted them to mean that you go into the pile of apps that don't need financial aid for review and that is advantageous.  I think full pay students who DID check it but were determined to not have need might have an advantage over another considered student who did have need--but they would have to make it to being in the considered pile without that advantage to have FA calculated.

I was asking for this very question of whether there was any downside of not checking it for merit consideration (there wasn't).  They recommended not checking it if DD was sure she wasn't going to apply for FA, but not to check it if we were going to apply but didn't think we'd get any. I tried to get her to tell me how much of an advantage it was to be full pay, but no dice--she said ability to pay was considered, but  less so than all other factors.

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Thanks! What is the rough usnwr ranking of this slac (or something comparable)?E.g., More Colby level or Conn Coll or Dickinson? [/quote]

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