<p>I want to apply to Bentley early decision, but what if I don't get enough aid or scholarships to pay for it?</p>
<p>You can decline they fail to meet your financial need, or if you think the loan portion of the financial aid is excessive. For example, if you have 40K of need and their offer is to take aout 25K in loans, you can decline on the grounds that the debt load is too excessive for your expected professional income. </p>
<p>Mostly you can expect that their Aid packages will follow the averages outlined in the aid profile of the common data set (H2). Bently averages about 20% loans.</p>
<p>Do a search. There are dozens of threads as to why ED is a horrible idea if you require substantial aid.</p>
<p>Bentley does not guarantee to meet the full need of all accepted students. I would strongly suggest that if finances are a serious consideration, you apply regular decision so you will have the ability to compare Bentley’s financial aid offer with other schools. Simply put…with ED…you will have ONLY that one offer. It might end up being the BEST one you get. But if you turn it down…you can’t go back. With RD, you get to loom at Bentley’s offer alongside ones from other schools and see which best meets your financial need.</p>
<p>I have known ED students who turned down an ED acceptance because of finances only to find that their ED offer would have been their best bet. By then, it was too late.</p>
<p>Since Bentley does not meet full need, you should not apply ED to that college.</p>
<p>Ask Bentley if they will meet full need for ED. Some schools that do not meet full need, guarantee to do so for ED students. Then ask for a preread as well as running the NPC. </p>
<p>If you truly want to get into Bentley and will go there if at all affordable even if other packages are more generous, and you can get a good idea up front that their package would be doable, it’s a consideration. I don’t think ED is ever the best way to go if money is an issue as you cannot compare and there is considerable onus to take an offer if at all doable when you go throught the process. It’s hard ot let go when there is nothing else on the table and it’s something you so want. You are fighting momentum. But for some, who truly want the accept and are willing to do alot to make it work…well, the extra consideration for admissions would be what you get for the cost of possibly missing out on schools that would give better packages.</p>