Reply to Where "full pay" really helps?

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "Where "full pay" really helps?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Being able to afford to apply ED where there is a clear admission advantage in the acceptance rate.   The school itself could be need blind admission but if there is a bump for being willing to commit to them in a binding decision, indirectly there is a financial advantage to being full-pay and being able to be in that ED pool.  Look at the acceptance rate between ED and the RD without EA/ED to evaluate where and to what extent https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/early-vs-regular-decision-admission-rates/

The other is if it’s a need aware school but IMO  it is a much smaller advantage.  https://blog.prepscholar.com/need-aware-colleges. I think of it more that they might look to put you in the accept pile, then realize it’s high need/this is what left in the budget and not offer admissions versus necessarily having someone in a maybe pile and pulling up because they are full pay - but overall the school knows collectively how much total tuition they need and how much aid they can offer so depending on the other applicants and the overall situation full pay could make a difference but maybe not.[/quote]

I think the degree of impact it has at need aware schools varies a lot. At some, say Haverford, it’s really just on the margins. Per the Selingo book, I wouldn’t want to be a high need student applying to Lafayette. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics