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[quote=Anonymous]I have read that if you are looking for merit aid, you should apply EA but not ED.

I think it really matters if you are talking about the "top" colleges and universities or lower-tier schools. Remember, there is a big difference between the H/Y/Ps and Williams/Swarthmores of the world and other schools. Top schools are the first choice of many of their applicants, and have enough qualified applicants to fill their classes several times over. They don't need to offer merit aid to attract students, and they don't "need" to admit anyone early in hopes of "snagging" them. They also don't have to admit three or four or five or six students for every seat in order to fill their classes.

Outside of the top colleges that so many are clamoring to get into, the game is very different. These schools want top students if they can get them, and so they offer merit aid to attract them. Also, anything they can do to increase their "yield" helps their stats, so they want to admit students who want to go to their schools. That means a student who demonstrates a lot of interest in the school (calls, visits, interviews, emails, etc) has a substantial leg up over a student who does not (all else equal). Making an effort to show interest in the school and applying early (ED for sure, but EA also) can significantly affect one's chances of admission. And at many of these schools, much of the merit aid goes to students who apply EA. They don't need to offer it to entice the student who applies ED.[/quote]

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