<p>I hope you get it 
Are you applying anywhere else?</p>
<p>Hi, I applied to Andover and Exeter, got into both, and will be attending Andover this Fall. My only advice is to not stress about making yourself fit into a formula for the āideal applicant,ā because there is no such thing. The schools look for an all-around kid with good grades and good values, plus something that makes them unique. For me, that something extra was athletics; for you it might be dance, I donāt know. Ask yourself how you will contribute to the school, and if you can come up with an answer, youāre set.</p>
<p>okay thanks thatās some of the best advice i have been given PA*. and boarderkid: umm i havenāt decided where im gonna apply cuz i can only apply for my sophomore year not freshman so i havenāt really decided completely.</p>
<p>I was accepted to Exeter with full financial aid. Aid is good at both these schools!!</p>
<p>Edit:</p>
<p>OH, and Iām a new sophomore. If you canāt apply for freshman year, I definitely recommend applying as a sophomore.</p>
<p>I know that Iāll need FA, but I donāt know if I should apply to all the need-based schools saying I need FA. Iām afraid theyāll take one look and reject me! I was thinking that Iāll get FA after Iām admitted or somethingā¦What should I do? Apply for FA or not?</p>
<p>well a lot of schools have a need blind policy which means that applying for FA doesnāt affect your admission but i dont think all of them have itā¦I would need almost full financial aid as well</p>
<p>well a lot of schools have a need blind policy which means that applying for FA doesnāt affect your admission but i dont think all of them have itā¦I would need almost full financial aid as well</p>
<p>Do you know which other schools offer need-blind FA? And which schools do or donāt make you pay it back?</p>
<p>These days boarding schools are just giving out right grants because I know exeter does.
It is a bad idea to not tell a school about your FA because they donāt grant you any after you have been accepted, only the people who ask get it.</p>
<p>Right grant?</p>
<p>āthey are giving outright grantsā sorry for the confusion.</p>
<p>In response to your other post, I should probably apply for FA anyhow, do you know if Hotchkiss, SPS, Exeter (Iām pretty sure thatās need-based), Choate, Middlesex, Peddie or Lawrenceville are need-blind?</p>
<p>i havenāt really researched those school to much but im positive exeter and andover have it. But most of the school donāt offer student loans so you wont owe any money when you graduate</p>
<p>I know for a fact that Andover and Deerfield are need-blind, but Exeter changed their financial aid to need-based last year.</p>
<p>whats need-based?</p>
<p>Deerfields not āneed-blindā. If a schools need blind it will be clearly statedo n the FA part of their site. Deerfield just has a lot of random stuff talking around the point just like SPS and others. If a schools need-blind. You usually see that term used somewhere on there FA page through their website.</p>
<p>I wouldnāt worry too much about need blind vs not, Iād just apply for admission and FA wherever you would like to attend, as long as they are schools that give some FA (and donāt they all?). Andoverās need-blind is an important philosophy and practice that they have made a priority to continue even during the economic downturn, but many other schools are very generous with FA, even though they may not be completely need-blind.</p>
<p>Deerfield isnāt need blind? Iāll take a look at their FA section again, though I read on some other threads that Deerfield was need blind.</p>
<p>lemonade is right though, all the schools still give good FA.</p>
<p>True, I just hope that with Deerfieldās over enrollment and having more girls than boys, I would get a good amount of FA.</p>