<p>I recently was laid off from my job, and there are still some colleges who have not replied for my S's application. I understand that I should communicate the special circumstance to the FAO of the colleges.</p>
<p>For the accepted colleges, this is clear (they cannot rescind their decision obviolusly), but what about the accepted colleges? Might they now have a reason to deny? Of course, this a behind the scenes question. I doubt they would <em>say</em> that they are denying because the applicant is too expensive to carry or that there are better suited applicants (better paying).</p>
<p>assume the colleges with the outstanding applications are
usnr 50-80 mw lac'ss (st olaf, knox)</p>
<p>and S's numbers are simple matches to their profile - not slam dunk superstar numbers.</p>
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President Anderson responded by saying that the college practices need-sensitive admissions, and that it is not planning to move away from that practice, although, it should frankly be admitted that whatever model one adopts, there are some students who will not be admitted because the college cannot afford to meet their needs.
<p>thanks. Is my assumption about colleges which already rendered an admission decision correct - that they cannot rescind it, once they find out about the new financial condition, regardless of its *admissions * policy vis a vis financial need?</p>
<p>These were early action/priority applications before FA was applied for. In other words, they rendered decisions before official FA was applied for.</p>
<p>I am not speaking of elite colleges, but lac's similar to olaf and knox, and big uni's iowa and IU.</p>
<p>so if a college identifies itself as 'need sensitive or aware', then an applicant has another three letter acronym that composes his or her 'stats', EFC.</p>
<p>The important stats, when students want 'chances', then, are:</p>
<p>A college will not rescind an acceptance because of a change in your financial status, but most need aware colleges require financial aid requests to be filed at the time the application is filed and they may not offer you more aid even though you're ability to pay for college may have changed. A college education is considered the financial responsibility of the parents and student, so EFC has the potential to affect chances at all but a handful of need blind schools.</p>