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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m so conflicted. I know this is the best path for admission but it doesn’t allow DC to consider merit aid from other schools.[/quote]

As someone who's been there, my advice is to be honest with yourself.  The schools where ED makes a difference are not the schools that give a significant merit aid.  If you are seriously counting on merit, i.e. do not qualify for enough need based aid and can't swing the cost without merit aid, you shouldn't be even thinking about ED.  If you can afford the cost of your top choice, but are curious about who will be the highest bidder, consider how likely you and your kid will be to chose a school based on $$$ once you have an offer from a more desirable place.   I have two kids in college, and not a single one of their friends was truly swayed by a merit offer.  What I mean by that is that the kids knew pretty much from the start how their preferences rank based on whatever was important to them, including $$$, and at the end they made a decision according to their preferences among the schools that accepted them.   [/quote]

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