<p>as mentioned in my title, Am I still able to apply for finaids should I am offered a place?</p>
<p>Personally, I just don't bother to waste energy in something where the success rate is like extremely low, that is, the chance of being admitted.</p>
<p>besides, I did mention in my app that I want to apply for financial aids, however, would my admission chance be hurt if I didn't dispatch the necessary materials for finaids application in a timely manner?</p>
<p>It will not hurt your <em>admissions</em> chances, and honestly, it hurts you in the sense that MIT cannot provide you with an aid estimate. If you send in all the materials on time, you will receive financial aid. You just won't know what it would be like up front, which may be crucial in determining which college you attend.</p>
<p>Having said that,
GET YOUR FINANCIAL AID FORMS IN ON TIME. ALL OF THEM.</p>
GET YOUR FINANCIAL AID FORMS IN ON TIME. ALL OF THEM.
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<p>No seriously I'm quoting this because it deserves it's own post (if not its own thread). Get those forms in on time when you get accepted! Even if you think you sent in all the forms, call and make sure!</p>
<p>If you said you were applying for aid on your application, what did it say on your status page under "financial aid". Did they try emailing you for the missing papers?</p>
<p>Yes, MIT did send me an email asking me to finish my finaids application about two weeks ago...</p>
<p>However, all these US admissions stuff are driving me crazy....even my school counselor too. He was like "I have never seen an university asking so much paper work, and announces decision so late.." And the longer I wait, the more pessimistic I become (My counselor was keep on telling me that I am probably rejected based on his intuition as I haven't got any offer from USA yet)</p>
<p>I think what I am going to do now is to work on my finaids immediately only when I get an offer for that university.</p>
<p>To GymKid, my status page simply shows those documents are not received yet.</p>
<p>The Student Financial Services website says this on the Prospective Freshmen - International Students page:
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If you wish to apply for scholarship, loan and job assistance from MIT, we must receive the following documents no later than February 15, 2008 for both early-action and regular-action admissions applicants.
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I'm sure they would try to accommodate an admitted student who had not turned in the financial aid forms by the required deadline, but there's no guaranteeing what might happen. Deadlines are there for a reason.</p>
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Yet you would want Student Financial Services to spend their energy evaluating your forms quickly after they've usually completed that task for every other student. That approach might want some fine-tuning....</p>
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I have never seen an university asking so much paper work, and announces decision so late..
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<p>I find this kind of funny, actually. </p>
<p>MIT is one of the earliest colleges to release their decision! Most of the selective ones that people apply to don't even release their decisions until April 1. </p>
<p>If you want fast colleges, apply to rolling admissions schools like UMich. =p</p>
<p>lol, oasis, stop poking fun..... probably this is my counselor first time doing US application.</p>
<p>Any way, I am worn out now...can't take it any longer. So, oasis, what makes you think you tick any way? your essays, or simply your stats of scores, GPA, and awards?</p>
<p>My advice is to apply. Here's why. We do our best to review financial aid applications as we receive them, but as the numbers grow, our timeliness diminishes. If we get your application in before too long from now, you will have a chance of getting your financial aid decision (if you are admitted) prior to the May 1 reply date. If your aid application only completes after April 1st, we cannot guarantee that we can respond in time for you to have a financial aid decision before your decision to attend must be made.</p>
<p>For international students this may not be so difficult since the forms are self-contained, but for domestic students it can take some time for the forms to process through the College Board and the Federal Government, so apply now!</p>
<p>Admissions does not take into consideration your financial aid status when you apply for admission, nor when they consider your file. This is what is meant by need-blind admissions. Sure, waiting to apply may cut down (somewhat) on your paperwork, but it messes with your chances of having your financial aid decision in a timely fashion.</p>
<p>Also our admission decision date is completely in line (some might say early) with other US colleges. Check with them as to their dates, but we are releasing March 15th -- most don't release until early April.</p>
<p>In fact, I do understand why US colleges announce decisions quite late because they evaluate every one holistically. However, the amount of paper work may scare some people off. In my school, some people refrain themselves from applying US simply because they think it's not worth the effort traveling around for the SATs, preparing the paper works etc, especially when my counselor has really very rudimentary knowledge about US application.</p>
<p>Of course, my case is different. I did A LOT of research since I am determined to apply to US.</p>