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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Schools will be increasingly desperate for full pay students - especially those private schools that have $90k+ tuitions.

I say don’t sweat it. [/quote]

Biggest myth on DCUM unless looking at schools beyond the T100.[/quote]

Are you kidding? You’re quite naive. [/quote]

Been through the cycle twice in five years from a highly regarded private.  Every one who isn't full pay on DCUM, and many who are, VASTLY overestimates how much of an advantage it is in admissions.  And VASTLY underestimates how many full pay families there are.

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Being full-pay at a 90k+ a year school is the single greatest advantage there is.

It allows you to apply ED, which has significantly higher admission rates.

If you attend a highly affluent public or private school, you likely feed to expensive privates like Boston College, Wake Forest, USC, NYU, Tulane, Wash U, Emory….

Schools like Vanderbilt, Duke, ND, and LACs are filled to the brim with private school and affluent kids.

And, back to OP’s question, it’s only going to be more important. Families are increasingly choosing public flagships to save money, which means those private schools are in a dog race to attract full pay students.

I don’t mean to imply that if you’re full pay you will be admitted

over a classmate who isn’t. But schools know who to recruit and they will increasingly do so.[/quote]

Dumb response — Anyone who needs financial aid can also apply ED since there is a opt out if financial aid doesn’t match the calculator.[/quote]

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