Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wait until they send our merit scholarship letters first before you withdraw.

OK. Thank you.

This will be too late. The merit scholarship notifications typically come with the offer of admission. Once they offer you admission, it will be binding.

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Anonymous wrote:It really depends on the school. The top top colleges don’t offer merit aid.

OK. That's what we were looking for.

Why not just name the college to see if it’s one that gives merit?

Anonymous wrote:It really depends on the school. The top top colleges don’t offer merit aid.

OK. That's what we were looking for.

sorry don't

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wait until they send our merit scholarship letters first before you withdraw.

OK. Thank you.

Do withdraw their other applications though. Until you know you can afford it, you still need plans B and C

Anonymous wrote:Wait until they send our merit scholarship letters first before you withdraw.

OK. Thank you.

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Anonymous wrote:If your kid applied ED to a top college and the cost is 80K. (And if you are not eligible according to FAFSA. Late in filing CSS.). Will they care to offer you any merit scholarsship at all or you have pretty much sealed your fate with the ED checkbox?

Where does your kid stand in their disclosure of top 25% SATs and GPA? And is the school ranked below 50 if it is a university?

Near top for SAT, GPA, rigor, ECs. No other hook. School is top school for sought after STEM major. University is T30.

Doesn't OP know ED is for rich kids?

If you applied binding early decision, did not seek financial aid, and can't afford it, an acceptance will be binding. In addition, other schools will know that you reneged and will not accept you. If you can't afford to attend without aid, you should not be applying early decision, but should ask to be moved to the regular decision pool.

Wait until they send our merit scholarship letters first before you withdraw.

Anonymous wrote:Just take out loans OP.

That really depends on how short OP is. 10k a year- sure. 40k a year is probably impossible for any one who plans on ever retiring.

Just take out loans OP.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I asked in the other thread if applying ED meant you were agreeing to go to that school, if accepted, without aid.

No. If you can't pay, you can't pay. They can not force you to attend and pay full freight.

But whether or not they offer you money is a different conversation.

If you do not apply for FA and apply ED, it is assumed (and reasonably so) that you will go if you are admitted.

OP, did you not look at the costs before your DC submitted the ED application? How strange.

DD will have to withdraw their application and apply somewhere they can afford. The school is not going to take them to court to force them to attend, but they probably aren't going to negotiate either

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I asked in the other thread if applying ED meant you were agreeing to go to that school, if accepted, without aid.

No. If you can't pay, you can't pay. They can not force you to attend and pay full freight.

But whether or not they offer you money is a different conversation.

If you do not apply for FA and apply ED, it is assumed (and reasonably so) that you will go if you are admitted.

OP, did you not look at the costs before your DC submitted the ED application? How strange.

Anonymous wrote:I asked in the other thread if applying ED meant you were agreeing to go to that school, if accepted, without aid.

No. If you can't pay, you can't pay. They can not force you to attend and pay full freight.

But whether or not they offer you money is a different conversation.