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You can email admissions and say so if you would definitely attend no matter what your financial aid is. It may not make much difference, though.
Why can’t you apply ED?
You can tell them whatever you want but unless you apply ED they will assume you are just saying that to curry favor and ignore it.
If I had to guess, he or she is not applying ED because of financial reasons.
But if the finances do not work for an Ed applicant she will be released from the ED agreement.
Exactly, but FA is not created equal and if you can get into multiple institutions you might be able to get your first choice to match a better offer.
@intparent @PurpleTitan @TomSrOfBoston @Larkin29 @CU123
Top choice is Brown, if you’re wondering. Not applying ED because my parents won’t let me. Financial reasons. We’re not super poor but we’re not filthy rich either, plus I have 3 younger brothers going to school after me. They say that it would be best if I have more choices, but I know that if I get into Brown I would definitely go anyway…
You need to know how much your parents are willing to spend on your college education. Use the net price calculator for Brown and show them their contribution. The NPC Is usually pretty close to what you will get in FA. If they are willing to cover their portion then convince them to let you apply ED.
You can apply ED to Brown and other public universities at the same time. That way you can get the FA package from Brown if accepted, and if it’s not enough turn them down (you also might be able to negotiate). Look at there ED policy.
Gonna tell you, Brown doesn’t care if you are their top choice. They are pretty confident that they are a lot of students’ top choice. They accept who they want.
@intparent I’m well aware of that. I’m not saying that if I apply ED I will definitely get in. I’m just saying I also know that chances are slightly better ED because they know that you are serious about committing to them Also, no one has actually answered the question. This website is useless as usual lol
I think I answered your question. You can tell them in your essays or via email if you’d go no matter what. If the FA makes a difference, then they aren’t really your first choice (finances are a driver). But honestly, they don’t care if they are your first choice. They kind of assume that anyway. That is not useless – it just isn’t the answer you want to hear.
Brown meets a family’s full demonstrated need right? If OP runs the NPC and gets an idea about how much it should cost, then perhaps their parents could see that it might be worth it to apply ED.
Visit Brown often. Don’t know if they keep those interest stats since of lot of colleges don’t.
Ivies generally don’t. They know everyone wants them.
@intparent absolutely false, yes, not all Ivy ED’s get into the respective university, but the numbers clearly show that it is an important consideration. Only HYP don’t give any credit for EA (which is quite different). BTW when visiting Cornell, the AO absolutely said that ED does help. Penn also makes that clear.
I did not say that ED does not help. The OP is asking outside of the ED option. And outside that, showing interest does not matter.
Older discussion on the subject:
http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/1626043-ways-to-show-a-high-level-of-applicants-interest.html
According to the following, Brown does not consider level of applicant’s interest:
http://www.collegedata.com/cs/data/college/college_pg02_tmpl.jhtml?schoolId=163
Visiting Brown often won’t do anything. They don’t track visits because often # of visits is more closely related to finances and distance from the school than it is from interest.
If your school’s GC has a relationship with the school and his/her word means something to them, their saying it’s your top choice is a way to communicate it. Otherwise there isn’t really anything because as previously stated, there’s nothing stopping you from doing/saying the same thing to every school you apply to.