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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you are full pay, it is much easier to get in to many schools.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/15/your-money/college-admissions-wealth.html

So when you hear people saying things like "My nephew had mediocre grades and low test scores but write this really funny essay and got in to all his schools" I have to ask -- was he full pay?
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SO how do they know you are full pay at the time of the application?  [/quote]

THEY DON’T: people just like to claim this to make themselves feel like their kid would definitely have gotten in if, if, if...

Admissions committees have no idea how you plan to pay . [/quote]

If you file the FAFSA and you list what colleges you want to attend, the schools have access to that information.

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/10/28/colleges-use-fafsa-information-reject-students-and-potentially-lower-financial-aid

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When would-be college students apply for financial aid using the FAFSA, they are asked to list the colleges they are thinking about attending. The online version of the form asks applicants to submit up to 10 college names. [b]The U.S. Department of Education then shares all the information on the FAFSA with all of the colleges on the list, as well as state agencies involved in awarding student aid.[/b] The form notes that the information could be used by state agencies, but there is no mention that individual colleges will use the information in admissions or financial aid -- and there is no indication that students could be punished by colleges for where they appear on the list.

But the list has turned out to be very valuable to college admissions offices and private enrollment management consultants: They have discovered that the order in which students list institutions corresponds to students’ preferred college.

Now, some colleges use this “FAFSA position” when considering students’ applications for admission, which may affect decisions about admission or placement on the wait list, said David Hawkins, director of public policy and research for the National Association for College Admission Counseling.

So the institution is disinclined to use up a precious admissions slot for a student who is unlikely to enroll.

“The student has no idea that this information is being used in this context,” Hawkins said. The federal government "doesn’t indicate it. Institutions certainly aren’t telling students they are using it. Certainly, this is a concern from this association’s standpoint.”[/quote][/quote]

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