<p>i originally checked i needed i finaid, but then decided against it.</p>
<p>is it a good sign if they say they need it so they can process it?</p>
<p>just wondering.</p>
<p>How did they notify you? I'm in the same situation as you (checked the box but decided against it) except I haven't received any notification like that... maybe it is a good sign for you. If you got it recently in the mail it might just still be on its way here, though.</p>
<p>i received an E-Mail...</p>
<p>I'm not cynical, but here was my first guess...</p>
<p>the finaid box is on the main application. so, one of the ways for the finaid department to be notified is by having an admissions counselor or some representative tell them. however, what would be the point of calculating loans/grants/etc if I wasn't granted admissions?</p>
<p>Since you check it, but hadn't sent anything in, maybe they're just reminding you... since they have absolutely nothing on file. The FAO and Admissions function separately. There are numerous threads on this in this forum and for other schools. So while I don't think it's necessarily a good sign, it's definitely not a bad one.</p>
<p>Your being reminded...its usual.</p>
<p>hhmm...</p>
<p>i was deferred from yale and never got any finaid back, so i assumed this was good.</p>
<p>well, we'll see anyway.</p>
<p>Yes, I think that's a good sign. </p>
<p>i.e. </p>
<p>Before I got my "likely" and financial package from another ivy, they had made me fax them a missing tax schedule.</p>
<p>Well, it would be interesting to see if anybody is actually reminded to turn in their Fin Aid (some specific document) to later be rejected... though I'm sure some people will not be reminded at all and still be accepted even though they are missing some critical documents (myself included).</p>
<p>I am not stating this is a fact... but I kind of suspect there is some truth to this... it only makes sense.</p>
<p>Here is my experience so far.... </p>
<p>I was sent some reminder about some specific fin aid documents by a top LAC and a ("lower") Ivy... I was accepted early by the LAC and also received a likely letter from the Ivy League.</p>
<p>I was rejected by MIT but no FIN AID notification ever came (I was missing my CSS profile for all my schools given that I made a huge mistake).</p>
<p>Then again... I was accepted early to Stanford under 'regular decision' and have yet to receive any fin aid notification.</p>
<p>PS: I just remember that I was also reminded about my FIN AID by another "lower" LAC I applied to ... and soon after I was accepted.</p>
<p>theonekid
I'm just curious - how can you be accepted early to Stanford under 'regular decision'? Doesn't "early" mean Early Action or Decison and "regular" mean the normal non-early time frame?</p>
<p>stanford gave early acceptances rather than a likely letter.</p>
<p>I think it's a good thing - but not a sure bet.</p>
<p>People who say that financial aid offices work separately from the admissions office are correct but only up to a point. Think of how many applications Princeton receives. There is NO way that they do financial aid calculations for all those applicants. The FA office simply does not have the staff to handle that. Remember, they also have to prepare new aid packets for matriculated students.</p>
<p>I suspect that admissions officers will discount a huge number of applications on first pass. Those students will not be considered for aid. The obvious admits are sent over to financial aid. The ones in the middle - and the bulk of them - get another pass. As individual cases are decided, their files get sent to FA or to the rejection pile. I'll bet there are always a hundred or so applicants that the admissions officers dicker over. If things start getting down to the wire, it makes sense that they might send all of those over to FA just to make sure the packages are ready when and if the time comes.</p>
<p>I don't know this. It just makes sense to me.</p>
<p>At this late stage, I think it's an excellent sign that you got a request. Decisions have already been made. All they are doing now is preparing financial aid packages, getting the notification letters/packets ready, and making sure all the paperwork is in order. Based on what I've seen at other schools, that process takes a couple of weeks.</p>
<p>If you didn't get a request, it's not a bad sign, though. It could just mean that you were thorough in your FA application.</p>
<p>After decisions are all in, I think there should be a thread for next year's applicants about last minute financial aid notices. A record should be made of FA requests made in the last month (not earlier) and the corresponding acceptances/rejections.</p>
<p>That's a good idea.</p>
<p>And then there are those few kids who don't qualify for fin aid and check the "no" box......</p>
<p>Son received acceptances from three schools with no contact from fin aid. A fourth school did send him a letter asking if he was sure he wanted to check the "no" box. He'll get notification from that place after April 1. Nothing from Princeton either way.</p>
<p>I was deferred from Yale and never sent any finaid stuff at all.</p>
<p>Two weeks ago, my daughter got a request for a "missing" document (it wasn't missing but rather unnecessary) from Bryn Mawr. Yesterday, she got her acceptance. We also received an application for a Stafford with Haverford's name in the institution field; we'll know Saturday or Monday whether that was a good sign. The rest we haven't heard from, one way or another, because we made sure everything was in on time.</p>
<p>Of course, we're still not getting aid . . .</p>
<p>You'd think potential Ivy Leaguers would shun speculation in favor of fact, or at least history/precedent. It seems likely that this same discussion took place here last year. Why hasn't anyone pulled up the appropriate thread and checked to see what was posted before and after decision time a year ago? Whatever info that that yields would be a lot more meaningful than what's on this thread so far, wishful thinking trying to pass for analysis.</p>
<p>Or better yet, why don't I just do it?</p>
<p>Thanks, Joe Bob.</p>
<p>well, the deal is i should have never applied for finaid because I did send in stuff that I didn't want to apply. I don't qualify for any grants, but only for some loans which are really low.</p>
<p>i'm a "URM" too, not sure if that even matters.</p>
<p>Well i got a letter in the mail from them requesting some information, then a few days later got a email from them. Also got the same from Dartmouth (was a little dissapointed because i thought it was a likely) I just viewed it as a reminder to turn everything in.</p>
<p>Oh i am a URM also, so maybe this might be good news.</p>
<p>Well then is a bad sign if you werent asked for some financial aid document.</p>