<p>WHAT?! It’s the 26th?!</p>
<p>Awww, I was so ready to know in a few days! Fail.</p>
<p>Carol Christ came to our Smith Club tonight. A few admissions tidbits: most apps ever received, again. I didn’t catch the number.</p>
<p>They’re admitting more international students. 50 percent of them are full pay, 50 percent receive financial aid. Now, since more than 2/3 of domestic students receive FinAid, for those of us who are quant oriented, it becomes clear that more internationals = more income. Christ danced around this, trying to frame the issue as providing the campus with more diversity: a cynically dishonest exercise. I would have appreciated it much more if she had just come out and said, “We’re admitting more internationals as part of a budget issue.”</p>
<p>I hope transfer decisions are out the same week as everyone else’s this year, instead of a week later…I don’t want to have to wait until April 2nd to know! :(</p>
<p>@TheDad. Very interesting. Did they, by chance, say when decisions would be released? </p>
<p>And sorry to sound redundant, but does anyone else notice anything different about their BannerWeb?</p>
<p>I got there late because I mis-remembered the address, so I missed any announcement about admissions date. But I have no reason to believe the 3/26 reported date…a week from Friday…isn’t correct.</p>
<p>To be honest, I’m glad TD that you gave us this important information…but that also means that I really need to steel myself for either a outright reject or a waitlist letter. </p>
<p>Oh well.</p>
<p>The 26th doesn’t seem too late. </p>
<p>(I just checked - the class of 2008 found out on Friday, March 26, 2004.)</p>
<p>@ the dad…it’s cool that more intl kids are getting in (i am serbian) but since i need a lot of aid that doesn’t sound promising at all…</p>
<p>On the upside, though, it’s 50/50. So it’s still a disadvantage that we’re international students who need a lot of financial aid, but at least the admissions process was even-keel with those who COULD pay.</p>
<p>Yeah, 50/50 is not bad compared to some other schools. If you check out the statistics for Wesleyan international applicants seeking aid, you’ll be amazed.</p>
<p>MCM, why are you prepared for a rejection? Any changes in admissions percentage should be incremental.</p>
<p>Borgin: nice find. 
Go Class of 2008.
eeeeg. In a month the focus shifts to the Class of 2015.
Where have all the flowers gone?</p>
<p>TD, never mind what I said. When I read the words “budget issues”, I freaked because I know that I’m one of those students who will need a whole lot of aid…and why take me when there are others that could pay full freight? </p>
<p>That’s what happens when you post on the board for a ‘break’ after studying until past midnight…lol.</p>
<p>The date really is the 26th.
But yeah, as far as FA goes for internationals, I’d be curious to see how much FA that 50% gets.
Two of my cousins both went to Smith and I believe both needed like nearly full FA.
Jezda3, hi neighbor :)</p>
<p>I finally got that newsletter most of you got ~5 days ago. Epic snail mail right there. Hopefully more important mail from Smith doesn’t fail like this!</p>
<p>ughh…I’m really hoping for an acceptance</p>
<p>Btw, regarding aid and admissions chances, they say that need for aid affects only the last five percent of the class or so. The first 95 percent is admitted need-blind. I’ve heard this pretty consistently and tend to believe it.</p>
<p>TheDad, are you referring to international admissions/aid? </p>
<p>I’ve actually heard that same thing about Middlebury; they recently switched from being need-blind for internationals to being need-aware, describing their new practice as what TheDad outlined above. They basically say they’re need-blind to the extent that funds permit. </p>
<p>I’ve also heard (specifically while discussing Swarthmore’s practice) that internationals asking for aid are automatically placed in a more competitive pool, regardless of how much aid they ask for. However, they are selected form this pool in the same manner: regardless of how much aid they ask for.</p>
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<p>That has been changed. The sentence professing the ‘first’ 95 percent of students are admitted need blind has been removed from the website. Now a need evaluation is considered for all applicants. </p>
<p>All internationals are need-aware as well.</p>
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<p>Approximatively 5 percent is open to interpretation. </p>
<p>[Smith</a> College: Financial Aid](<a href=“http://www.smith.edu/finaid/prospect/policy.php]Smith”>http://www.smith.edu/finaid/prospect/policy.php)</p>
<p>Oh, so this is about US citizens.</p>