<p>"Roth's plan for Wesleyan is to admit students without regard for finances only until scholarship money runs out. Then, for the last approximately 10 percent of the class, Wesleyan would only admit those who can pay their own way, he says."</p>
<p>As</a> Colleges Retool Aid, Can Entry Stay Need-Blind? : NPR</p>
<p>Should I not apply for financial aid? I am currently. Will it improve my chances of being accepted if I do withdraw?</p>
<p>Can you afford Wesleyan’s massive tuition without any though?</p>
<p>If I want to be paying student loans for the next 30 years, then yes I can.</p>
<p>By the way, the thing you linked doesn’t really apply to you - someone correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m pretty sure Wes wasn’t need blind to internationals to begin with.
If I’m correct, yes it’ll help - but paying loans for 30 years is the stupidest plan ever…</p>
<p>NYCtempo is right; the needs blind policy has never applied to internationals, so you are in the same position you always were. Will it help you personally not to apply for financial aid? Its totally impossible to know for certain as it depends on how much the adcom likes your application, who you are competing with, and maybe their assessment as to how much aid you need. If you get accepted without applying for or getting financial aid, I think you will regret it. It is also possible that if you get denied you will obsess over whether you would have been admitted if you didn’t ask for aid, but frankly, if you can’t realistically afford the school without the aid then being admitted without it seems pointless and a recipe for disaster. … the adcom may split the baby and admit you with a small aid package. Who knows? I would apply for the aid and let the admissions people do their job.</p>
<p>@IBinLux, aren’t you applying early anyways? I thought you were. if thats the case, than this really doesn’t apply, because you will certainly be considered in the first 90 percent of the class.</p>
<p>Always apply for aid, if you qualify for it. </p>
<p>Statistically, the number you have to look at is the 80% of all applicants who stand to get rejected regardless of their financial circumstances; students from families in the upper income levels have some advantage, but mainly because they have advantages all the way from kindergarten through high school.</p>
<p>The second number you have to look at is the 90% of admittees who will get in even with a need-aware approach. Again, if you can meet the academic and extra-curricular hurdles, your odds of attending Wesleyan flip completely in relation to what they were before you were admitted. <a href=“Elite Smaller Colleges Struggle to Cover Financial Aid - The New York Times”>Elite Smaller Colleges Struggle to Cover Financial Aid - The New York Times;
<p>Thanks for all of your replies. They really help! And good luck to everyone who applied ED1</p>
<p>If you need to borrow more than $80,000 to attend, then don’t do it. Find a more affordable option.</p>