I’m in love with Bentley University and I’m all ready to apply early. However, if applying early would reduce my chances of receiving a merit scholarship, I’d rather apply regular. Please help!!
What are your stats? Are they very high for the school? Are your test scores in the upper quartile for M+CR SAT? or ACT?
I haven’t seen any cases on the boards in which a student was stiffed for applying early. However, if you need to compare financial aid offers you should NOT apply ED because you won’t have anything to compare it with.
The only exception is if you need to retake a test for better score. Otherwise, you will have a better chance for merit aid at most schools by applying early.
Make sure that they don’t require applying early action for merit scholarship consideration or priority, many schools require this for merit based scholarships.