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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]ED is for schools, athletes, and suckers. Everyone who plays falls into one of those three buckets.[/quote] Wrong. ED is for students who have an absolute top choice school and want to show that school that they will attend if accepted. It benefits the student just as much as the school. [/quote] +1 Kids are applying to 10-15 schools , but can only attend ONE when the process is over. A strategic ED choice for a applicant's #1 option is a smart one. The NPC isn't going to magically change in RD. [/quote] Exactly. I have to wonder why the hate for ED. No one is forced to apply ED, so if you're uncomfortable with it - don't! The people who ARE ready to commit should absolutely have that option. Every school should offer ED. [/quote] No way. ED is another way for schools to favor rich students while securing their class rather than just admitting the best students in a nonbonding way. The best schools don’t have to lower their standards to get students in ED. They do EA. [/quote] Most of the T20 offer very good financial aid. If you do the NPC and it's manageable, I don't see why middle class students wouldn't apply ED to highly selective private schools. Financial aid doesn't get magically better in RD. I think ED is only a bad idea for those who don't qualify for financial aid, and are looking for merit at lower ranked schools. And no, students admitted ED to T20 schools are not weaker than those accepted RD. [/quote] We're middle class and DC applied ED to a school whose NPC provided the best financial aid (and was also a good fit). But before DC applied ED in November, I made a Zoom appointment with one of the school's FA officers in October and we went through my tax returns and NPC in detail and I asked several questions about hidden costs, etc. I came away feeling very confident that I knew what the school would cost if DC were admitted. If DC had been admitted and the FA package exceeded the NPC, I would have had strong grounds to appeal and/or get a release from the ED commitment. Sadly, DC wasn't admitted to that ED school but had great results in RD. Of the 9 schools that admitted DC, 8 provided FA packages that were close to the NPCs we had previous run or slightly below. The only one whose package was above the NPC we ran previously was an Ivy with a massive endowment. The COA was about 25% higher than the NPC we had previously ran, which no one was able to explain. We appealed and they applied a minor reduction but it was still well above the NPC. DC chose another school for fit reasons mostly, but the FA issue didn't help. [/quote] This is how it's done! Proving that Anyone can apply ED if they want to. Just do your research first so you understand the NPC for that university. Also, if you won't get FA, but don't really want to pay $90K+/year, well then ED may not be for you. You want to be able to compare multiple offers and merit offers, so you need to do EA/RD, that is what those are for. But remember, if it's "not affordable in ED" it doesn't magically become "more affordable in EA/RD". It will cost the same in EA/RD. [/quote]
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