<p>Does anyone know if HYP match each other's aid packages? I know it's pretty unlikely a person would get into more than one, much less all three, but still?</p>
<p>Unofficially, yes to an extent… only on need-based financial aid though.</p>
<p>TheGFG, our experience was that P matched H&Y on the spot.</p>
<p>Mythbuster, they only offer need-based aid.</p>
<p>My D has pre-reads from all three. In terms of total cost to us, Yale’s is the best, then Princeton’s, and then Harvard’s. But the benefit of Princeton’s is that they do not require summer earnings or work study. The latter is especially valuable to us because D is a x-c and track athlete and will be competing all three seasons for them. I worry about how she’ll handle the time commitment of D 1 sports along with Ivy academics. So we were considering asking if Harvard would match it, but we feel a little silly and ungrateful. I mean, they are schools that many kids would die to get in, and their offers are generous. So I wanted to be sure they’d do it before we ask and possibly create ill will.</p>
<p>Yes. They are need-based but are willing to match their competitors’ estimations of what that need is, if they really want that particular applicant. Call it the law of mimetic desire: the way that they know what they want reflects, at least in part, whether and how much others also want what they want.</p>
<p>I was told by multiple coaches that all the Ivy’s match each others aid. This includes pre-reads</p>
<p>Well, Columbia told us all along they would match Harvard. After receiving a copy of Harvard’s and Princeton’s pre-read, they did send a better package. It’s still not a true match for either one, but it’s better than their initial offer. But I’m not sure if the FA policies of Harvard and Yale would permit them to eliminate work study. Also, Princeton did that using a special scholarship. Understandably, colleges want the students to be personally financially invested in their education. Ordinarily I’d completely agree with that, but not in D’s specific case and when we’re talking about these tippy-top schools. I fear that another significant time commitment on top of her training, travel, and competition schedule could mean she’d be uanble to handle her studies. She’s bright, but not Ivy brilliant.</p>