It’s also less likely to work at Ivy League and other very highly selective private schools. That’s what Seth Allen, the dean of admission and financial aid at Grinnell College told me earlier this year. Elite schools like Grinnell typically give very generous financial aid packages to begin with and with so many students clamoring to get into these institutions it’s unlikely they will budge at what they consider to be a fair offer. These...
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Just 46 colleges say they meet the full financial needs of all of their students with aid and admit students solely on qualifications, without considering how much aid the student needs. There are some caveats: Each of these schools calculates an applicant's need for financial aid differently. In addition, these schools typically apply these generous policies only to U.S. citizens who are admitted by April 15. (Many of these schools reject or...
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
In fact, Seth Allen, immediate past president of The Common Application, a group of 400 colleges and universities that use a standardized undergraduate application form, regards this as a widespread misconception, "that getting a paid job isn't nearly as valuable an experience as going to a physics boot camp or building homes for the less fortunate on a Caribbean island."
Wednesday, March 03, 2010
But parents who try negotiating with highly selective private schools routinely fail, according to Seth Allen, dean of admission and financial aid at Grinnell College. At these elite schools, admission officers generally won’t budge if they think an aid package is fair.
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
We all know that parents mean well, but sometimes they just get in the way.
"I've met many parents I'd like to admit!" quipped Seth Allen of Grinnell College.
The comment came as part of the "Inside the Admissions Office" webcast that brought together deans from several Northeastern schools for an interactive session where parents and students from across the country submitted questions and received answers directly from the...
