<p>I might be able to sway my parents into letting me apply ED to Swat. I know that at most schools, the chances of getting accepted are slightly higher for ED. Is this true for Winter ED at Swat when compared to Regular Decision? Swat is my top choice, but I was originally just going to apply RD because of financial reasons. </p>
<p>Thank you! :D</p>
<p>If Swat is your top choice, apply ED.</p>
<p>I recall reading somewhere the ED II acceptance rate last year was about 18%, and the RD one was well below 15%, so yes–it would be an advantage.</p>
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Okay thank you.</p>
<p>However, if you need to compare financial aid packages, the “rule” is to apply RD to all your schools so that you can do that comparison. I don’t ever recall seeing an acceptance rate for ED II in any particular year.</p>
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Yes, I didn’t see one on the common data set either.</p>
<p>yes you can find it on the common data set of the school (number of ED applicants and number of ED accepts - both are mention there) I think it is section C21</p>
<p>Last year’s applicants calculated the EDII acceptance rate for the Class of 2013 cycle via press releases. It was about 25%, I believe.</p>
<p>I applied and was accepted Winter ED last year, with substantial financial aid. But my financial situation is pretty simple–if you have multiple income types, unusual assets, or divorced/separated/remarried parents, FA gets a lot more complicated and Swat doesn’t do pre-reads.</p>
<p>I have a fairly simple financial situation as well. But in the common data set, it only says all ED acceptances/acceptance rate, and not just ED2.</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/swarthmore/831548-historical-edi-edii-stats.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/swarthmore/831548-historical-edi-edii-stats.html</a></p>
<p>^Thank you for that link, Keilexandra! :)</p>
<p>^^
That’s interesting. But it only compares ED 2 to ED 1, and not ED 2 to RD. I’m assuming ED is slightly higher, but I don’t want them to think that I’m only applying ED 2 because I was rejected from my first EA/ED school…This is a hard choice. I’m afraid that even though it’s my top choice, I will have less of a chance of acceptance w/ ED. :(</p>
<p>You will NOT have a lower chance of acceptance through ED. That makes absolutely no sense from the college’s perspective–even if it’s your second choice, you are still a lock yield-wise. Whether ED (either round) provides increased chance of acceptance is controversial, but regardless, it benefits the college more than it benefits the student.</p>
<p>Financial aid is the usual deterrent. If your family’s finances are simple, I encourage you to try both Amherst’s and Williams’s free online FA calculators. Each school’s institutional methodology is different, but none of them like to vary too much from their closest peers. (Note: The previous sentence is entirely inapplicable if your finances are not simple.)</p>
<p>“but I don’t want them to think that I’m only applying ED 2 because I was rejected from my first EA/ED school”</p>
<p>Also, admissions will certainly not assume that you were deferred/rejected from an original EA or ED I round at another school. There are many students who apply ED II simply because they weren’t comfortable committing to any school before then.</p>
<p>Awesome. I will definitely tell my family that. Thank you!</p>
<p>I talked to my parents. We aren’t rich by any means, but we’re definitely upper-middle class. My parents can afford Swarthmore, but of course, we don’t want to pay 50,000 dollars/year for an undergraduate college. Does Swarthmore offer generous aid for people who are well off? Can anyone attest to this based off of prior experience w/ Swat financial aid?</p>
<p>Swarthmore offers almost no merit aid (none at all for most people, there are narrow geographic limitations). If your parents think that they can “afford” Swarthmore at full price, chances are that they won’t get any financial aid. By definition, if you’re “well off,” you don’t “need” aid.</p>
<p>Haha I don’t understand your quotation marks, but anyway, thanks for the advice. They can afford Swat, but they won’t be able to pay for my sibling’s education at all…So I don’t know if afford was the right word to use. I guess I should have said they are able to (maybe for the first 2 years, but definitely not for all 4 years).</p>
<p>I’m a little confused. Have you looked into financial aid at all? In the way that most colleges calculate financial aid, as far as I know, having siblings in college is definitely a factor. The way aid works at Swat is that you reapply for it every year, because people’s financial situations usually don’t stay the same for all four years. So for the last two years when your siblings are in cousin you’d probably get more aid than in the first two years. You should probably get cracking on those financial aid calculators, fafsa forms etc., if not for Swat ED II for your RD schools…</p>
<p>I’ve looked into financial aid quite a bit, and I’ve used the financial aid calculators more than once. Financial aid forms aren’t due until early January for Swat Winter ED so I still have some time. What I don’t really understand is Swarthmore’s financial aid policy–I know they look at assets, siblings, etc. and not just income, but I don’t know how much those factors play into the amount of aid you receive. Also, I haven’t found any statistics on financial aid for swat–only that 50 percent receive aid. Swat also does not have a financial aid calculator so I used Amherst. </p>
<p>I didn’t know you apply for aid every year, so thank you for telling me that. 
:)</p>
<p>Sorry if I seem a little confused. 
I’ve been mostly working on my essays, and I’m just focusing on Swarthmore’s financial aid now.</p>