It's College Acceptance Season (Try to be Cool About It!)

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3. I think ED actually cuts out more middle income people than lower income

At the top end and bottom end of the spectrum, you can be fairly well assured of the kind of resources you have or aid you'll get, so you can roll the dice on an ED pledge. ED schools are also increasingly giving aid "reads" that will allow you to switch to EA if you're not going to be able to swing it. But it's really the people in the middle - income too high to get much aid, too low to fully commit to full freight costs - that are avoiding EDs.

Just as added fun, the FAFSA is completely reconfigured this year, and is not due until January! So the aid situation is really up in the air for many families.