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Anonymous wrote:This is a more complicated issue then people are making it sound, at least for an applicant applying for FA.

My DC will get an ED decision on Friday afternoon. The school is need blind. The school also asked for the CSS documents and we submitted them all, including in response to follow up requests. But the application portal shows that not all the financial documents requested have even been uploaded from College Board by the school, although they were submitted weeks ago. We called the telephone number for questions on FA listed on the portal and they assured us there is no problem with our submission and they are just backed up and haven't been able to process things yet. They said the ED decision is totally separate. They had no estimate of when the CSS submission would be processed. So I don't see how a child in that situation will be expected to "immediately" withdraw any other applications if there isn't even any clarity on when an FA decision will be made.

I don’t think ED is actually suggested for those who need significant FA. You would want options open I should think.

This is not true.
ED is for everyone if it is your 1st choice school.
For those who need aid, you do the school estimator. You call the school and talk to see if they can give you an estimate. 3 schools my DS was looking at this year reached out and offered a pre-admit aid estimate. (Not an official name but you get the idea).

However if you want to merit aid shop to compare multiple packages - not just if your 1st choice school will come in to what they estimated - ED is not the right choice.

DeanJ from UVA said on IG this year that Ed wasn’t for you if you needed to see the financial aid award. I think she was saying particularly this year where things might be a little messy but not sure.

I’d love to see this quote. UVA is need-blind and meet-full-need, so this is very off-message if she said it about UVA specifically (rather than a more general statement that FA policies vary by school, so if you need FA be sure you understand their policy before submitting an ED application).

I think the drawback is that you can't compare aid from multiple schools if you ED at one. You could get full need from UVA and then full need + merit money at another school.

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Anonymous wrote:This is a more complicated issue then people are making it sound, at least for an applicant applying for FA.

My DC will get an ED decision on Friday afternoon. The school is need blind. The school also asked for the CSS documents and we submitted them all, including in response to follow up requests. But the application portal shows that not all the financial documents requested have even been uploaded from College Board by the school, although they were submitted weeks ago. We called the telephone number for questions on FA listed on the portal and they assured us there is no problem with our submission and they are just backed up and haven't been able to process things yet. They said the ED decision is totally separate. They had no estimate of when the CSS submission would be processed. So I don't see how a child in that situation will be expected to "immediately" withdraw any other applications if there isn't even any clarity on when an FA decision will be made.

I don’t think ED is actually suggested for those who need significant FA. You would want options open I should think.

This is not true.
ED is for everyone if it is your 1st choice school.
For those who need aid, you do the school estimator. You call the school and talk to see if they can give you an estimate. 3 schools my DS was looking at this year reached out and offered a pre-admit aid estimate. (Not an official name but you get the idea).

However if you want to merit aid shop to compare multiple packages - not just if your 1st choice school will come in to what they estimated - ED is not the right choice.

DeanJ from UVA said on IG this year that Ed wasn’t for you if you needed to see the financial aid award. I think she was saying particularly this year where things might be a little messy but not sure.

I’d love to see this quote. UVA is need-blind and meet-full-need, so this is very off-message if she said it about UVA specifically (rather than a more general statement that FA policies vary by school, so if you need FA be sure you understand their policy before submitting an ED application).

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is a more complicated issue then people are making it sound, at least for an applicant applying for FA.

My DC will get an ED decision on Friday afternoon. The school is need blind. The school also asked for the CSS documents and we submitted them all, including in response to follow up requests. But the application portal shows that not all the financial documents requested have even been uploaded from College Board by the school, although they were submitted weeks ago. We called the telephone number for questions on FA listed on the portal and they assured us there is no problem with our submission and they are just backed up and haven't been able to process things yet. They said the ED decision is totally separate. They had no estimate of when the CSS submission would be processed. So I don't see how a child in that situation will be expected to "immediately" withdraw any other applications if there isn't even any clarity on when an FA decision will be made.

I don’t think ED is actually suggested for those who need significant FA. You would want options open I should think.

This is not true.
ED is for everyone if it is your 1st choice school.
For those who need aid, you do the school estimator. You call the school and talk to see if they can give you an estimate. 3 schools my DS was looking at this year reached out and offered a pre-admit aid estimate. (Not an official name but you get the idea).

However if you want to merit aid shop to compare multiple packages - not just if your 1st choice school will come in to what they estimated - ED is not the right choice.

DeanJ from UVA said on IG this year that Ed wasn’t for you if you needed to see the financial aid award. I think she was saying particularly this year where things might be a little messy but not sure.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is a more complicated issue then people are making it sound, at least for an applicant applying for FA.

My DC will get an ED decision on Friday afternoon. The school is need blind. The school also asked for the CSS documents and we submitted them all, including in response to follow up requests. But the application portal shows that not all the financial documents requested have even been uploaded from College Board by the school, although they were submitted weeks ago. We called the telephone number for questions on FA listed on the portal and they assured us there is no problem with our submission and they are just backed up and haven't been able to process things yet. They said the ED decision is totally separate. They had no estimate of when the CSS submission would be processed. So I don't see how a child in that situation will be expected to "immediately" withdraw any other applications if there isn't even any clarity on when an FA decision will be made.

At some point before decisions go out, a list of accepted students gets sent over to financial aid. It’s a necessary communication and doesn’t change the fact that a school is need blind.

Let us know. It could be they are only processing admitted students. Or maybe there will be a lag. My DC’s Ed1 slac last week provided the award with the decision. But that might be more difficult for a larger Ed pool like UVA. Is this a larger school?

This is a big school. I suppose that is possible my child will not be admitted so they stopped processing the FA but then the fact that the two sides of the house do actually talk to each other could suggest they aren’t entirely need blind as advertised, and they were fully lying when we called aand were told the two processes are completely separate and they just hadn’t had the opportunity to processes it yet. I would have expected them just to say they had what they needed or something. I guess we’ll see.

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Anonymous wrote:Our school college counselor said that if you find out on Friday, by the time you come to school Monday she expects you to have withdrawn all your other applications, assuming there are no financial aid issues.

DS spent 5 minutes and doesn’t see where to withdraw apps so he’s done trying. He probably hasn’t set up the portals. Don’t worry, he’s not taking anyone’s financial aid.

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Anonymous wrote:I told my kids to do within 30 days. I think they waited until after exams. Some happened faster because it was easier. No one seemed to care.

Why would you wait 30 days?
I told my kid to withdraw immediately so other kids could have a shot. No need to opportunity hoard. He didn’t have other acceptances yet but why not improve chances for others

THIS.

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Anonymous wrote:You should withdraw them immediately by sending an email to the Director of Admissions. You have signed a binding agreement and made a promise and now you must keep it immediately. A parent who suggests otherwise is not teaching the right lesson.

good lord. calm down.

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Anonymous wrote:I told my kids to do within 30 days. I think they waited until after exams. Some happened faster because it was easier. No one seemed to care.

Why would you wait 30 days?
I told my kid to withdraw immediately so other kids could have a shot. No need to opportunity hoard. He didn’t have other acceptances yet but why not improve chances for others

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Anonymous wrote:This is a more complicated issue then people are making it sound, at least for an applicant applying for FA.

My DC will get an ED decision on Friday afternoon. The school is need blind. The school also asked for the CSS documents and we submitted them all, including in response to follow up requests. But the application portal shows that not all the financial documents requested have even been uploaded from College Board by the school, although they were submitted weeks ago. We called the telephone number for questions on FA listed on the portal and they assured us there is no problem with our submission and they are just backed up and haven't been able to process things yet. They said the ED decision is totally separate. They had no estimate of when the CSS submission would be processed. So I don't see how a child in that situation will be expected to "immediately" withdraw any other applications if there isn't even any clarity on when an FA decision will be made.

Let us know. It could be they are only processing admitted students. Or maybe there will be a lag. My DC’s Ed1 slac last week provided the award with the decision. But that might be more difficult for a larger Ed pool like UVA. Is this a larger school?

Anonymous wrote:You should withdraw them immediately by sending an email to the Director of Admissions. You have signed a binding agreement and made a promise and now you must keep it immediately. A parent who suggests otherwise is not teaching the right lesson.

Anonymous wrote:This is a more complicated issue then people are making it sound, at least for an applicant applying for FA.

My DC will get an ED decision on Friday afternoon. The school is need blind. The school also asked for the CSS documents and we submitted them all, including in response to follow up requests. But the application portal shows that not all the financial documents requested have even been uploaded from College Board by the school, although they were submitted weeks ago. We called the telephone number for questions on FA listed on the portal and they assured us there is no problem with our submission and they are just backed up and haven't been able to process things yet. They said the ED decision is totally separate. They had no estimate of when the CSS submission would be processed. So I don't see how a child in that situation will be expected to "immediately" withdraw any other applications if there isn't even any clarity on when an FA decision will be made.

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Anonymous wrote:Our school college counselor said that if you find out on Friday, by the time you come to school Monday she expects you to have withdrawn all your other applications, assuming there are no financial aid issues.

DS spent 5 minutes and doesn’t see where to withdraw apps so he’s done trying. He probably hasn’t set up the portals. Don’t worry, he’s not taking anyone’s financial aid.

Grit doesn't appear to be a trait valued in your household nor does respect for others.

+100 you signed a contract. You gave your word. Smh. The only people who should be worried are you and your son. Trust me, no one is worried for you.

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Anonymous wrote:You should withdraw them immediately by sending an email to the Director of Admissions. You have signed a binding agreement and made a promise and now you must keep it immediately. A parent who suggests otherwise is not teaching the right lesson.

Oh please. It’s not THAT big of a deal.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is a more complicated issue then people are making it sound, at least for an applicant applying for FA.

My DC will get an ED decision on Friday afternoon. The school is need blind. The school also asked for the CSS documents and we submitted them all, including in response to follow up requests. But the application portal shows that not all the financial documents requested have even been uploaded from College Board by the school, although they were submitted weeks ago. We called the telephone number for questions on FA listed on the portal and they assured us there is no problem with our submission and they are just backed up and haven't been able to process things yet. They said the ED decision is totally separate. They had no estimate of when the CSS submission would be processed. So I don't see how a child in that situation will be expected to "immediately" withdraw any other applications if there isn't even any clarity on when an FA decision will be made.

I don’t think ED is actually suggested for those who need significant FA. You would want options open I should think.

This is not true.
ED is for everyone if it is your 1st choice school.
For those who need aid, you do the school estimator. You call the school and talk to see if they can give you an estimate. 3 schools my DS was looking at this year reached out and offered a pre-admit aid estimate. (Not an official name but you get the idea).

However if you want to merit aid shop to compare multiple packages - not just if your 1st choice school will come in to what they estimated - ED is not the right choice.