<p>Here is the article.</p>
<p>[Yale</a> Daily News - Briefly: Brown posts modest drop in early applications - Print](<a href=“http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/printarticle/26639]Yale”>http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/printarticle/26639)</p>
<p>economic problems…not as many people have the money to go to an expensive school like brown</p>
<p>That’s true, but the article says Yale and Dartmouth didn’t experience any kind of drop, and they’re both fairly expensive schools.</p>
<p>Hopefully it means less competition??</p>
<p>yale has hella aid, which made its SCEA applicants go up (along with HP not having early programs)
it is odd that dartmouth went up, while brown went down. one of them is prob an anomaly</p>
<p>Dartmouth has a new finaid plan too. 75k and below is tuition free. 100% of demonstrated need is met (no loans, optional work-study?). Need blind to internationals.</p>
<p>what? need-blind to internationals?! link please.</p>
<p>I was originally going to apply to Brown early until I learned that it was binding (now I am doing Yale’s SCEA). It just comes down to the fact that with our economy most people do not want to be locked in on spending that much for an Ivy League education.</p>
<p>[Dartmouth</a> News - Dartmouth announces new financial aid initiative - 01/22/08](<a href=“http://www.dartmouth.edu/~news/releases/2008/01/22.html]Dartmouth”>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~news/releases/2008/01/22.html)</p>
<p>since Yale is SCEA instead of binding ED, it doesn’t surprise me that they didn’t see the drop.</p>
<p>last time i checked, brown wasn’t need-blind to internationals?</p>
<p>It’s probably because other ivies recruit applicants more heavily than Brown does. If it’s Brown’s philosophy not to push the hard sell and gather loads of applicants, then I respect and support its values.</p>
<p>^More likely the fact that they aren’t keeping up with other schools in F.A. and nowadays people are more focused on that.</p>
<p>Brown has an amazing financial aid program. My parents make around 100k and I am receiving a projected 42k if I am accepted. I would say that is pretty amazing.</p>
<p>i think it is definitely due to the financial crisis and credit crunch</p>
<p>the ED drop is entirely attributable to the drop in PLME applicants–even with great financial aid, there is a big difference between committing to 4 years of school and committing to 8 years of school</p>