Does Cornell cover financial aid for most ED applicants?

<p>Well I just got accepted ED CoE and I'm an international student, but I don't feel completely safe because well we haven't gotten our financial aid yet. Please when are we getting our aid notifications because I really haven't started working on RD essays.</p>

<p>You may want to check this out … [International</a> Applicants | Financial Aid](<a href=“http://www.finaid.cornell.edu/apply-aid/international-applicants]International”>Prospective International Applicants | Financial Aid)</p>

<p>Cornell only gives limited aid to international students so you are not “safe” yet. That said I believe you’ll have your FA offer very soon so you have the info when you decide to accept or decline the ED offer. (PS - I would suggest contacting admissions to verify you’ll have your FA offer soon).</p>

<p>Actually, Cornell gives financial to about 50 or less accepted international students total. My guess is they’re mostly regular decision applicants too and few, if any, early decision applicants.</p>

<p>Why would they give more aid to RD than ED when ED are more committed?</p>

<p>While I don’t know if that’s the case, it would make sense to me. As you said, ED applicants have already shown a commitment so they may want to attract some of the RD applicants who may have other offers.</p>

<p>Agreed with mickeyc. I’m just speculating, but it’s pretty logical because Cornell doesn’t really need to offer incentives to accepted early decision students including internationals. Applying ED means you’re telling the college they’re you’re number 1 choice and that you will attend upon acceptance, which is why so few students actually withdraw from the agreement. Why should Cornell use some of the financial aid for international students on early decision students who already ‘committed’ to attend? </p>

<p>Best of luck to you.</p>

<p>Then that’s another way of rejecting the applicant because not enough aid means the ED applicant may have do go back on their commitment, withdraw from ED and apply elsewhere. Either way if fin-aid office is giving more to one pool it is losing at the other.</p>

<p>Cornell is pretty generous with financial aid. Also, why would you apply ED if you might not be able to afford it?</p>

<p>^Cause I expected to get aid. I guess I’ll just wait to see if I actually get aid.</p>