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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

This is not true. All schools have deadlines to submit a FAFSA and CSS, if applicable. Many great schools are need aware, not need blind.  Many schools don’t meet all demonstrated need. And you can’t ED unless you can make the number of the NPC work. Many people can’t. ED has a higher acceptance rate. [/quote]

The SCHOOLS may be aware, that does not mean the admissions committee is [/quote]

Did you read the link I posted above? The schools have to balance the amount of aid to kids who accept to get the right number of acceptances where the money comes in total will be enough. Basically give low $ numbers to families who can afford it so that they choose their school in enough numbers to make up for giving more $ to kids who can't afford it. It is a balancing act.

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