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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]ED is binding, so if a college can fill its class in the first few rounds, they'll do it.[/quote]

We’re a $100k-200k income family and not sure we can afford. I’m feeling boxed out. Doesn’t seem like much hope in applying RD. Boo. I appreciate they include Questbridge but I wonder how much economic diversity besides that group would there be on campus. Is everyone super wealthy? Any current families there?[/quote]

Middlebury is need blind and meets demonstrated need. The FA offer will be the same whether it's ED or RD. There is no merit aid. If you can't make their FA offer work you can usually get out of ED. And if you need merit aid then the FA only schools aren't going to work regardless of application cycle.[/quote]

We all know how it works. But even among need-blind no merit aid schools, offers can vary a lot. People for whom price matters should be able to compare packages. Filling most of a class via ED precludes that. They know they’re boxing people out and they don’t care. Even if you get out of ED, you do that prior to any RD offers so unless you had early EA luck, you’re not in a great spot. You also have to decide on ED before knowing whether you can get merit from other schools. No one should be defending this anti-applicant practice. [/quote]

The only winners are the schools and rich applicants. [/quote]

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