We asked for financial aid pre reads at the same time the schools were doing the July academic pre reads. If I recollect, these took approximately two weeks. All schools agreed to match financial aid offered by any other Ivy showing real recruiting interest. What each school wanted in order to demonstrate real recruiting interest varied from school to school. Some wanted the actual pre read from the more generous school, some wanted personalized e mails or notes, some didn’t care. But @tonymom is correct, and financial aid matching is pretty common among athletes being recruited by multiple schools. While I also would wonder about the motives of a school that won’t provide a financial aid pre read, I have heard anecdotally that the most generous of the Ivys, specifically H and P, are at times reticent to provide financial pre reads because they don’t want their pre reads just being used as leverage at other schools.
@tonymom @Ohiodad51 very helpful info, thanks!
Lesser Ivies can issue “Harvard read” based on the proof of being recruited by Harvard, without the the copy of the actual pre-read. Save all your recruiting communications.