<p>If you’re good enough to have a chance to Wesleyan, you have the stats to get excellent merit aid that would more than likely make college cheaper than you’d get with need-based aid even if your dad loses his job. Given your dad’s job situation, I suggest applying RD and making sure that you have financial safeties in the mix that you love and that are likely to give you generous merit aid making the schools more affordable than Wesleyan is likely to be.</p>
<p>Given the job market and the fact that your dad probably is middle aged (a tough age in which to find work in this market; even if he finds a job, it likely won’t pay as much as does the job he is losing), your dad mah be unemployed for a long time, so it would be best if you don’t apply ED.</p>
<p>It probably would be hard for your parents to tell you this info and to ask you not to apply ED. That’s because it’s hard for parents to shatter the dreams of their beloved and hard-working kids. However, the reality of these times is that it probably would be best for you to apply ED and to open your mind to a wider variety of college options.</p>