<p>^I know Knox and Lawrence are good schools but I don’t think that they are “meets full need” schools. I’ve run the NPCs on both and for our family the gaps were quite large (Lawrence worse than Knox).</p>
<p>I wonder is some of the schools are hoping for some pretty high caliber candidates who got shut out from the original list … they don’t need more applicants … they are just hoping to catch some improve their stats candidates.</p>
<p>^3togo, I think you’re right, especially for schools such as Lawrence. I looked at Lawrence’s website regarding late applications and it appears to confirm this.</p>
<p>In fairness to Lawrence, although they do not claim to meet full need, they offered my D a grant this year on top of a scholarship which brought our net price there significantly lower than Mt. Holyoke, and Mt. Holyoke claims to meet full need. (a $7000 difference). Lawrence’s NPC was accurate for us however.</p>