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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Affirmative action for people of means. [/quote]

This trope gets old.  Most of the selective schools were falling over themselves in presentations last year to assure folks requesting financial aid that they could apply ED.  Use the NPC to check in advance.  If your aid doesn’t reach that level or your situation changes before spring, you will be excused from the binding agreement.  In the meantime, you are allowed to apply to state schools and those with scholarship deadlines before ED decisions.  My kids have had multiple acceptances with merit in hand on ED decision day, with more in the pipeline.  Stop whining and do your due diligence.

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However, if you look on college confidential, a lot of the new schools doing ED that don't have the $$ that Ivy and other huge endowment schools like Michigan do,  the financial aid packages are NEVER good enough for middle class families and are not nearly as good as RD packages.  They are always spending more than their FAFSA said they should.  So I would NEVER apply ED to schools that do not meet 100% need.  Even those are sketchy because they add loans and work study to meet that need.  For my nephew that was $10K between 3 loans and work study to get to the 100% need on his ED.  And we all know even the FAFSA starts higher than you really want.

So it truly is for athletes, legacy, and rich.  [/quote]

But you can get out if the package is un-affordable.  It can work for everyone who does their homework. No reason not to.  None.[/quote]

But the package you get is not likely to include the merit awards that would be available on review of the RD pool.  So in some cases--many--you end up having to turn down your first choice without really seeing all that they could offer you since you have to accept or decline the offer at the ED time.[/quote]

Most of the top schools offering ED don't offer ANY merit awards and for those that do they are so competitive that you can NEVER assume you will get one (they are like lottery tickets).  If you need a merit award and are not willing to pay the NPC indicated amount then don't apply ED!![/quote]

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