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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's like K-12 private schools, PP. A majority are quite wealthy, and a handful are low-income on financial aid. The middle class is entirely squeezed out.[/quote]

No it's not the same at all.  the k-12 let everyone apply in one round and when they see which kids they want, then they determine aid.

This process only allows people who can afford to apply in rounds in which 80% of slots are filled. Then when there are 20% spots left - they open it to everyone.  These are very different. (Parent who has no financial need and recognizes the inequity)[/quote]

ED actually also works for those that need financial aid as they have an out if financial aid is other than the school’s website predicted.  It hurts families that need to compare merit aid offers, which would be the upper middle class.[/quote]

+1 
You definitely don't need to be full pay to apply ED. Good college counselors should be making that clear! I hear about that early application misconception a lot though. [/quote]

You need to be poor or full pay.  If the EFC is more than you can actually afford (which is the case for many MC/UMC who have not saved), then you cannot do ED.  If you need to find the school that is most affordable for you, you cannot do ED.  Very different than someone whose EFC is $0 or less than $5k. [/quote]

Middle class families qualify for financial aid, upper middle class do not.  In any case, if Middlebury does not offer merit aid, as someone claimed upthread, there is no advantage to waiting for RD, as there will be no merit aid to compare.[/quote]

I don't think anyone claimed that.  They want to compare possible merit aid offers coming from OTHER schools versus need based packages of Midd or versus full pay at Midd.  The reason you wait until RD is to see what all of your options are including merit awards from schools that provide them. [/quote]

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