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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why would a college give you merit aid if you are applying ED? What incentive do they have to lure with aid?[/quote]

So you're talking about schools where merit aid is handed out to students they like, not based on merit in any verifiable way?[/quote]

That's what "merit" is. It's "market" price for a student who adds value to the school and is letting schools compete. [/quote]

Except it's not capricious, the schools at least give lip service to how merit is awarded. If it's a formula based on stats, the details are published, and are applied to all applicants.  If it's a competitive scholarship, they will still say all applicants are considered.  Now do they use the ED round to find students who aren't competitive for scholarships? Possibly, that's certainly what families are hoping for when they say there's an admission boost with ED.  And you are committing with or whether or not merit pans out.  But it's still a step further to say ED applicants are precluded from merit. [b]Are there examples of schools that explicitly state this?[/b] [/quote]

None of them will state this. [/quote]

I have not seen this in writing, but at the info sessions at both U. Rochester and WashU St. Louis, the admissions officers said that if you need merit money in order to attend, you should not apply ED.[/quote]

Odd statement from admissions officers as ED applicants can apply for need based financial aid. The admissions officers should have advised such applicants to apply for need based financial aid even if applying ED.

If an applicant applies ED but does not seek need based financial aid, then the desire for merit scholarship money is essentially a preference, not a need, therefore closing the universally accepted out of an ED acceptance.[/quote]

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