When is Cornell Financila aid DEADLINE?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Cornell University
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<p>I received a notification that says that “priority deadline” is on January 1( which there is no way I can meet). However, collegeboard.com and commonapplication say that the Deadline is on February 11.</p>

<li>Whats the difference between the regular deadline and “priority deadline”?</li>
<li>If I miss the priority deadline (because we cant estimate 2008 income) what kind of disadvantage would that be?</li>
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<p>This January 1 notification really freaked me out.</p>

<p>UHHHH… I’m so nervous, I misspelled the title.</p>

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<p>Its confusing because January 1 is sort of a preferred deadline for Cornell. But here is what they say on their website under RD:
"The deadlines listed exist in order to provide you with a timely notification of your aid decision. Applications received after the deadline will still be considered for all forms of financial aid, and will be processed as soon as possible."</p>

<p>The College Board's "My Colleges" shows Cornell's financial deadline to be February 11. That is misleading in the extreme. And the College Board is the site where you need to fill out the CSS Profile.</p>

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<p>Observe... [url=<a href="http://finaid.cornell.edu/apply/%5Dhttp://fin%5Bb%5D%5B/b%5Daid.cornell.edu/apply/%5B/url"&gt;http://finaid.cornell.edu/apply/]http://fin****aid.cornell.edu/apply/[/url&lt;/a&gt;] As a regular decision, they want the CSS PROFILE and 2007 tax returns by January 1st. However...</p>

<p>I quote...
[quote=<a href="http://finaid.cornell.edu/deadlines/%5DThe"&gt;http://finaid.cornell.edu/deadlines/]
The</a> deadlines listed exist in order to provide you with a timely notification of your aid decision. Applications received after the deadline will still be considered for all forms of financial aid, and will be processed as soon as possible.

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<p>If misery is company, I will also miss the January 1st deadline. It looks like we will still be considered. So we are not screwed. Don't worry. =D</p>

<p>EDIT: Aww, I took all that time to get my reply in order, and I was beaten to the punch... :(</p>

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<p>Colleges have a limited amount of grants. Priority deadline means you will get first crack at the grants. If you apply later, Cornell will still meet 100% of your need but you won't like the grant/loan ratio...</p>

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<p>If you are really poor, they can't even give you loans, which isn't such a bad thing to be late with the deadline. They lose lol.</p>

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<p>oh thats not good... my family makes only 15,000....</p>

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<p>its is actually good if you are poor. Missing deadline means there will be more loans than grants for regular students. But since they pledged not to require loans from poor families, even if you are late, there is nothing they can do. ( unless they flipflop and change their mind, which will be a big disgrace.)</p>