So, to be considered for scholarship, all student can to do is check off, say, a box on the U of C admissions application that says, “Yes, please consider me for financial aid?
Right now, the box that is checked off on the application is primarily so that students can get a loan packet. We indicate that only U.S. citizens or permanent residents of the United States are eligible for Federal Loan programs. International students generally aren’t eligible for those loan packets. So instead of wasting paper and sending a lot of packets to a lot of people who wouldn’t even be eligible for those loans, we send them only to U.S. students who are permanent residents and have checked off that box. The box has nothing to do with scholarships. Once we’re done with our first two rounds of admission, we take the list of all the admitted students and start offering scholarships. The aid process is not done as part of the admissions process; it’s done completely separately. And if someone applies really early, it doesn’t give them any kind of competitive advantage over someone who applies in the second deadline. What we state in our application is that if you want to be con
