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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]ED is available to every family.[/quote]
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ED is available.  Sure. But “full need” is not the same as “best deal.”[/quote]

Right, and nobody said it was.  As was pointed out, and bolded, and yet still somehow missed by you, you can shop merit if you want to, but if you are looking for merit aid it is extremely likely you don't require any "ED advantage" from a college that would give you merit aid.

[quote]I’d write out a longer rebuttal, but let’s just say that pretending this is some kind of novel argument is quality gaslighting.  See below. [/quote]

Not if you understood the points, or cared to.

[quote]Are you that former admissions director who always wants to argue that everything about the existing system is perfect?  [/quote]

No, and I doubt such a person exists.  But you clearly love hyperbole and misrepresentation of other's points, so please have at it.

[quote]Of course, ADs love ED.  It makes their job soooo much easier.  Yield is their bread and butter.  [/quote]

And your insight here is... ????

[quote]This is an older article, but it has a good history of ED and why it serves the interest of the colleges.  [/quote]

No one denies that ED is better for the colleges than the students.  That's well established and if you had read even ONE book on the subject you would know that.  But also no one with a brain denies that ED can be a HUGE advantage for a student, even those that require financial aid.  It's very simple:

1. Determine is a college is affordable by running the NPCs.
2. If not, do not apply.  If so, research if you think you would like to apply ED.
3. If ED offer is not consistent with NPC result that made you conclude it was affordable, then you are released from the ED commitment and can apply everywhere RD.

That's it.  Nothing more, nothing less, and ANY family that wants to do the above can.

[quote]I could go on, but I’m tired of copying and pasting.  [/quote]

[i]At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.[/i][/quote]

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