Financial Aid Speculation

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<p>Do you think that getting e-mails from the Financial aid office (reminding people to turn in their forms) is related to your admissions decision? I know the FA and the Admissions are supposed to be separate, but I kind of doubt it.</p>

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<p>I was just thinking the same thing - if they’re putting together your package, they’re going to care that forms are missing.</p>

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<p>but this is total speculation obviously haha</p>

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<p>Yeah, it would make sense for the FA office only to process FA info and offer a package to those accepted rather than for everyone (probably 15,000+ people who applied for FA).</p>

<p>Clarification: I don’t think Harvard sends emails to anyone though, even if you are missing forms, at least that’s what people in previous years say. Other colleges do though.</p>

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<p>:( So you guys got e-mails? Were you missing stuff or not?</p>

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<p>I didn’t get an e-mail. I was just wondering/speculating. I don’t even know if the FA office sends out these emails.</p>

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<p>They probably send them out to everyone.</p>

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<p>They are completely separate…</p>

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<p>Hmm, maybe. Has anyone received any emails from Harvard’s financial aid office? Or from any other schools?</p>

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<p>The finaid office can’t have contact with the admission office in accordance to their “need-blind” admission policy.</p>

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<p>‘Idio’, Financial Aid and Admissions ARE the same. Where on Earth did you come up with that they are separate?</p>

<p>“Office of Admissions and Financial Aid” - <a href="http://www.wiruch.com/fon01/harvard’s%20acceptance%20letter.jpg[/url]"&gt;http://www.wiruch.com/fon01/harvard’s%20acceptance%20letter.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>The overall department is called the “Office of Admissions and Financial Aid” but there is a sort of Chinese wall between the two in order to honor the “need-blind” policy. Hence, all though they work together, this collaboration only occurs after admission decisions have been finalized. </p>

<p>The admissions committee does not communicate about any prospective admit with the guy over at financial aid before they have made all their decisions.</p>

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<p>This is a classic case of “it is stupid to assume that Harvard is anything other than what it says it is, absent any evidence to the contrary.”</p>

<p>Harvard says the two committees don’t mix, so you assume they don’t mix.</p>

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<p>I don’t think Harvard has sent any emails of the sort. I received a likely letter, and I am positive I am missing forms due to some extenuating circumstances, but I haven’t received any email about my missing forms. So although they’re likely preparing a package for me and need my forms, they haven’t said anything about it yet. I don’t really think they’re sending any. </p>

<p>On the other hand I received an email about missing forms from Chicago. I must admit, it made me speculate the same thing.</p>