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<p>Haverford provides need based financial aid only. They don’t have scholarships at all. It sounds like your parents have some financial limits on how much they are able/willing to pay for you to attend college. You will need to discuss this with them and find some schools that are affordable and agreeable to all of you. Yes…go ahead and apply to Haverford but do so REGULAR DECISION so that your family and you will be able to realistically look at the finances and make a decision.</p>
<p>If your stats are sufficiently high to gain acceptance to Haverford (and my guess is they are at least close)…you will get admitted RD as easily as ED.</p>
<p>Someone here can link you to a thread about guaranteed scholarships. </p>
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<p>A full ride is a full ride. They are few and far between. Do you NEED a full ride? </p>
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<p>Well…no. You will not KNOW if you could attend “other schools for very little money” if you apply accept an ED offer from Haverford. You will NOT HAVE any other financial aid offers. Haverford might be a good offer …but it might be the worst…no way of knowing because you are not giving yourself the chance to SEE what other schools will offer you if you accept an ED offer from Haverford.</p>
<p>Need based aid is based largely on parent income and assets. Will you even qualify for enough need based aid? You need to run your financial stats through an online EFC calculator using the Institutional Methodology…but keep in mind…this will give you an ESTIMATE only. Since Haverford uses the CSS Profile for the awarding of their institutional need based aid, they can disburse it using ANY formula…and THEY will determine your family contribution and your need based on THEIR formula.</p>
<p>I would suggest you apply RD.</p>