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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]ED is for colleges, recruited athletes, and suckers. [/quote]

And for kids who know exactly what they want. [/quote]

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Every school should have ED so there is no doubt about who will actually enroll if accepted.  This would save SO MUCH time and effort on both the students' and the colleges' part.[/quote]

Except it makes it impossible to comparison shop based on merit aid. If it were up to me colleges wouldn’t be able to have binding ED and maintain their nonprofit status. I say this as someone who can afford the full cost of a private university for my kids so they’ll likely benefit from ED. [/quote]

But [b]nobody is entitled to merit aid.[/b] ED matches and the resulting probable guaranteed tuition revenue allows the schools to offer more merit etc later.  I think those who are put off by ED are people who try to use ED to game the system themselves like EDing at a high reach or to allay self-imposed anxiety by having a sure thing in the fall rather than a range of choices in the spring. That was not the purpose of ED.

Maybe I just have a different perspective because it worked out well for my dc. He EDed to basically a target school and it was his first choice by far and we could pay. Boom done.[/quote]

And?  How is that relevant?

The point is that candidates who may otherwise be admitted cannot try because ED'ing means taking the risk of committing to a school they can't afford.

No one is entitled to admission, either.[/quote]

NPCs are accurate and you can back out if the offer is less than suggested by the NPC. Nobody should be surprised by the cost when applying ED.[/quote]

NCs are not always accurate and in any case, you can't back out because you didn't get the merit aid you need in order to attend.[/quote]

Yes you can.[/quote]

No, you can't.  If you don't get the expected FA, then yes, you can't back out.  But if you don't apply for FA but need merit aid, and don't get it?  You are stuck.[/quote]

And the vast majority of schools where add matters do NoT give merit aide.  So unfortunately it's likely not somewhere you can afford [/quote]

+1 Some schools are financially out of reach for most people, whether you apply ED or RD. That's not an issue with ED; that an issue with finances.[/quote]

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