<p>I'm really worried and would appreciate any sort of help..
I LOVE colgate and i'm applying EDii..
International Student</p>
<p>SAT 740m 680cr 720 writing
SAT II 800 chem 770 physics
GPA 3.9 unweighted
Top 10% of class
10 straight A's in GCSE Olevel</p>
<p>Co cirriculars: Very Strong.. founder of NGO working for educational uplifting in Pakistan...Permanent Member and research in WWF.. School Prefect.School Basketball Team Captain..Worked as teacher for underprivileged children in rural areas..and on and on..</p>
<p>Recommendations: Excellent
Essay: excellent by people's standards and good by mine.</p>
<p>Got deferred from Dartmouth in ED..</p>
<p>Would please anyone tell me anything about my chance at Colgate as it's actually my dream school now and I'm dying to get accepted in EDII..
The only thing on the downside is my high financial need.. I can only commit to pay $8000 :(</p>
<p>My older D is a Colgate grad, and I have to say they were very generous with financial aid. We also had a strict budget, and therefore she applied to her schools regular decision.</p>
<p>However, I wouldn’t depend on their definition of your need being the same as what you think your need is. They are not going to say “Oh Sahs can only afford $8 grand, so we will cover the rest.” They have their own institutional formula which may or may not be the same as your own estimation.</p>
<p>That is why I recommend applying regular decision, so you are not locked into paying more than you have budgeted <em>hugs</em></p>
<p>i think you will definitely be accepted. in fact, i think your stats are strong enough for you to apply to RD. like they said, you wont be stuck paying more than you can afford that way.</p>
<p>I really suggest that you apply RD regardless of what the financial aid office says to be on the safe side.</p>
<p>Also, just because Dartmouth deferred you, it doesn’t mean you’re completely rejected. Suppose that Dartmouth accepts you later and you are already committed to Colgate, would you feel different about Dartmouth? I know deferral hurts but remember, Dartmouth has NOT said NO to you. They are just saying, wait a minute, just wait. And that’s exactly, in my opinion, you need to do. I was rejected from Stanford SCEA and I was under pressure to apply to Colgate ED2 just so I would perhaps have a school by the end of January. But I was afraid of applying on rebound so I didn’t. And I got into Colgate eventually anyway.</p>
<p>Just listen to your heart carefully. It’s difficult to be patient when you’re 17/18 years old but it’s part of being an adult.</p>
<p>ur rite ticklemepink…yea i did think of the situation if somehow DID get into Dartmouth…bt i know in my heart(teenage hormones again that il be happy at Colgate anyway…so i have already applied EDII to Colgate!! Oops… now what??</p>
<p>sahs9rules, you ignored the fact that Dartmouth could still accept you and you decided to apply ED to an expensive private university when you know you have very little money to pay for it. Moreover, your stats are perfectly sufficient for RD at Colgate. </p>
<p>I hope Colgate squanders its money, as many liberal arts colleges do, so that you could enjoy being neck-deep in debt. Then you would see the ramifications of irrational decisions driven by “teenage hormones.”</p>
<p>@dude college; ouch…I was just talking in a light mood…dnt think that I’m taking dese decisions lightly…and the question still remains…now what can I do??I have already applied… is there ANY way that if ur accepted and ur not even 40% satisfied with the aid award u can ask them to relieve u of the binding admission??</p>
<p>Apparently you have not been on the forum long enough to realize how the contract for ED really works. If you have browsed this site long enough, one of CC’s mantra is “If you cannot pay what the school may ask for, don’t apply ED.” There’s basically no room to negotiate for better funding packages, which is why strapped applicants apply Early Action (non-binding) or RD so they can compare funding packages.</p>
<p>Students do want to let schools know that they’re the top choice but unfortunately this is one of the draw backs of the early decision programs. Admissions officers KNOW it, which is why they’re more likely to take wealthy students in ED who can actually pay full sticker price so that strapped students can get more aid in the regular decision. It’s a bit of a trickle down effect.</p>
<p>If you are not 100% confident that you can pay whatever Colgate asks for with little room to negotiate under a ED contract, then I would call up the office and ask to move to the RD pool.</p>
<p>“u can ask them to relieve u of the binding admission??”</p>
<p>Yes. Like the above rule says, if the financial aid offered is not enough, you can say thanks but no thanks, and apply RD elsewhere.</p>
<p>Try to imagine any school forcing attendance, and then expelling the student when the bill can’t be paid. Now imagine why you’ve never heard of such a thing: It doesn’t happen.</p>
that il be happy at Colgate anyway…so i have already applied EDII to Colgate!! Oops… 
is there ANY way that if ur accepted and ur not even 40% satisfied with the aid award u can ask them to relieve u of the binding admission??</p>