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Additionally, Fitzsimmons said the College’s three-year-old financial aid initiative has encouraged more students to apply...
...addition, the number of Mexican-Americans seeking admission increased by 25 percent, while the number of Hispanic-Americans jumped by 13 percent. The number of African-American applicants increased by 6.4 percent, according to Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid William R. Fitzsimmons...
...Even if we made a change by giving up early action, news articles across the country usually noted the generous financial aid and the new initiative, and this message certainly has to help draw more applicants,” Fitzsimmons said...
...Harvard cited this statistic last spring when it revamped the Harvard Financial Aid Initiative (HFAI), under which parents with incomes under $60,000 will no longer be expected to contribute to the cost of attending Harvard, and families with incomes between $60,000 and $80,000 will have their expected contributions significantly reduced...
...Students confused by the announcement pointed out that Early Action (EA) is non-binding, which means students from low-income backgrounds can still compare financial aid packages at the end of the process. Some see EA as the lesser evil to Early Decision: a win-win situation that alleviates pressure early in the process for the well-prepared, without disadvantaging the less-privileged...