<p>Hey I have a question. I'm not sure when Cornell sends out financial aid offers, but what if I apply ED, get accepted, withdraw all of my other college applications (because of the ED agreement), and then they turn around and offer me too small an amount of financial aid for me to be able to afford going there?</p>
<p>there is a FinAid estimator on the website …you and your parents should accurately and honestly fill that out…it is a calculator, and does not go to the FinAid dept.</p>
<p>then , the common advice is if you need a lot of Finaid, you should not apply ED as it limits your ability to shop around.</p>
<p>Yeah I completed the finaid calculator and it seems that if they offer me the aid that was estimated, I will be able to afford it. What is the chance that they will actually offer the amount of aid given in the calculator?</p>
<p>Its likely that you’ll get around the same amount as what the calculator estimated, assuming you plug in similar numbers into the FAFSA form. Also, remember that if you apply ED and the FinAid is not enough and you absolutely can’t afford it, you can back out. ED is binding, but its not a legal bind.</p>
<p>Ok thanks that makes me feel better. Even if i backed out though, it wouldn’t help because depending on the date, I may have already withdrawn my other apps</p>
<p>No, you don’t withdraw your other apps until you ACCEPT the ED FA offer.</p>
<p>Ok thanks!</p>
<p>apply to a safely school that you really would be happy attending that does rolling !admissions. really. my son, who wasn’t much listening to me when he was your age, did this because I bugged him. He did get into Cornell ED but also got his rolling adm from a very good safety the next day. Afterwards, he thanked me as he said, if I hadn’t gotten into Cornell I at least would have realized that I had a future.</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice!</p>