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Message: [QUOTE="oldude, post: 3606846, member: 7511"] After years of losing top kids to D1 schools on “signing day”, as kids had to wait until May to find out if they were accepted to the Ivies, the Ivies instituted their own version of signing day to level the playing field. The Ivy signing day is more like “early admission acceptance.” It does not actually commit an athlete to attend, but it does document their intention to attend. Most of the kids who sign do attend. But every year a handful back out, usually because some D1 school had an extra scholarship they offered late. As for equalization of financial aid, that is exactly what the clearinghouse in Princeton does. So if a kid has applied and been accepted to multiple Ivies, and tuition and fees are somewhat different from one school to another, the clearinghouse adjusts aid so that the students family financial responsibility is exactly the same regardless of which school they select. With all the Ivies going through the same clearinghouse, the Ivies have effectively leveled the playing field when it comes to financial aid. [/QUOTE]