<p>What happens if you get accepted ED but forget to check off you're applying for FA. Would they still consider giving you money or just drop you altogether?</p>
<p>Well, good news, Cornell offers “need blind” admissions. Meaning that your acceptance was in no way shape or form based on your ability to pay (eg your application for financial aid). Because of this I’m inclined to guess that the “applying for FA” box is more to allow the admission office to coordinate with the financial aid office (so that when they send you your packet they know they need to contact FA and get your aid info as well and include it)</p>
<p>So did you already apply for aid or are you about to apply for aid? If you haven’t applied for aid, contact Cornell’s Financial Aid office (<a href=“mailto:finaid@cornell.edu”>finaid@cornell.edu</a>) IMMEDIATELY and let them know that you want to apply for aid and find out what you need to do. Calling them might be better but I don’t have the number on hand right now.</p>
<p>If you have already applied for aid, contact the admissions office and tell them what happened. It’s not like you lied about your ECs or anything you just made a mistake filling out their applications.</p>
<p>All that being said, there is one situation where you might have a problem. Some schools do weird things with international students aid (eg, need-blind schools taking need into account when admitting non-US citizens) I am not sure where Cornell stands on this but the financial aid and admission offices are the ones you need to contact, not us board lurkers.</p>
<p>Good luck, you should be fine.</p>
<p>I’m Canadian</p>
<p>I’m Canadian however and I will be applying in 2009 :P. I’m just wondering if I /accidentally/ leave it unchecked so as to not hurt my admission chances (seeing as I’d need a full ride to go there) and then want aid afterwards :D</p>
<p>That’s a different story. Intentionally leaving the box unchecked could be considered grounds for dismissal if you get in and they find out. The reality of it (at most uni’s, not 100% about Cornell) is that there is less aid available for international students than for the domestic ones. Because of this the Financial Aid office has a tougher time getting aid to every international student that needs it.</p>
<p>Were you to leave the box unchecked and meet every deadline for aid you should be okay (other than giving them grounds to rescind your admission).</p>
<p>Were you to leave the box unchecked and not apply for aid until after you were accepted you would probably be shooting yourself in the foot while trying to be tricky.</p>
<p>Were you to check the box and apply for aid on time you should have the best chances of achieving your desired results.</p>
<p>I think you’re trying to force a result from a process that is completely beyond your control. I understand, feeling powerless is never pleasant, but a big part of this process is just following the instructions to the best of your ability and hoping that the circumstances work in your favor.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Apparently (on their website) Canadians and Mexicans are treated like Americans FA wise, probably a bit less but supposedly still 100% need-based.</p>
<p>That sounds like good news for you then because Cornell has a great aid program for us domestic students.</p>
<p>Really, don’t worry about it so much, just go through the process and try to relax/let yourself shine through in your application. If, after you’ve been accepted and received an aid packet, you feel you will have problems affording Cornell contact their financial aid office and speak with them about your concerns. Everyone I’ve dealt with at Cornell thus far has been very helpful and nice. If you really, absolutely, can’t afford Cornell without a full-ride the FA office will see this in the CSS profile and accommodate you to the best of their abilities (sometimes that can mean you pay $2-4k US a year and that’s it, sometimes you pay $2-4k US a year and they want your parents to throw in another $10k US a year).</p>