<p>To retain the utility of this thread, please keep on topic: FA for B transfer applicants</p>
<p>Sorry for reviving the thread, but I’d love to hear from more people, I haven’t yet decided whether it is worth it for me to apply to Brown and ask for FA.</p>
<p>I’m starting to think that the greatest risk you can run is that of applying for FA and not getting in. I’m sure there are people who would be willing to pay the hefty fee if it meant gaining admissions to an Ivy.</p>
<p>altuition, I think that you are (unfortunately) correct. It was only until I started to come onto this site again that I realized how asking for financial aid negatively effects your chances as a sophomore/junior transfer at Brown. </p>
<p>While I am quite needy in terms of financial aid, I’ve already convinced my parents that it would be worth spending close to 100K for two years and a diploma at Brown if I do get in. It’ll help me get into better graduate schools in the long term. Hopefully Brown will help me in terms of recruiting as well. While I am applying as an economics major, my true goal is to be in the COE program and get into investment banking.</p>
<p>Anyways I always joke with my parents that it was their fault I fell in love with Brown at such a young age…if they did not send me to SPARK as a 7th grader, I wouldn’t be gunning for an acceptance letter lol</p>
<p>Yeah, your mindset is one that’s often shared by many, especially those who are aiming for the Ivies. I don’t like it, but it happens, and it’s reality and the admissions game. Part of it is also the school’s reputation; Harvey Mudd is probably one of the best (if not THE best) engineering school; Cooper, so I’ve heard, is the best architectural school; neither of these schools are as known worldwide as the Ivies, yet their education likely eclipses the Ivies’.</p>
<p>What’s your major? I’m aiming for the biological sciences. Brown Engineering doesn’t appeal to me as much as those of other schools.</p>
<p>Moderator Note: This thread is for reporting on the status of admissions and FA for transfer applicants to B.</p>
<p>OT comments will be deleted.</p>
<p>question: </p>
<p>do they look at the amount of need you qualify for or just the sole fact that you check the FA box off in making the “need-aware” decisions? I emailed transfer admissions at B and they pretty much gave me a very unclear response</p>
<p>i’m trying to decide if its worth applying if it will lower my chances so significantly</p>
<p>Isn’t it pretty clear from reading this thread that you have a very slim (of an alread slim chance) of getting in while needing FA?</p>
<p>MODERATOR NOTE: B has changed their website recently and the statement of their need-aware policy for transfers is more accessible from the Admissions website:</p>
<p>[Transfer</a> Applicants - US Citizens and Permanent Residents | Financial Aid](<a href=“http://www.brown.edu/about/administration/financial-aid/transfer-applicants-us-citizens-and-permanent-residents]Transfer”>http://www.brown.edu/about/administration/financial-aid/transfer-applicants-us-citizens-and-permanent-residents)</p>
<p>[Transfer</a> Applicants -FA Policy | Financial Aid](<a href=“http://www.brown.edu/about/administration/financial-aid/transfer-applicants-fa-policy]Transfer”>Apply for Aid as a First-Year or Transfer Student | Financial Aid Undergradute | Brown University)</p>
<p>It is still discussed under FA, which is curious because it is an admissions, not a FA policy. However, this is under fewer layers of the website than in the past, so that’s an improvement.</p>
<p>Applied for FA: Yes (EFC 0)
Decision: Accepted - Fall
FA package: Covered most of Need - I also have and outside scholarship that covered the rest (~7k/yr)</p>
<p>Other schools:
Accepted:
Amherst College, University of Florida</p>
<p>Denied:
Cornell, UPenn, Stanford</p>
<p>Applied for FA: No
Decision: Accepted for Fall semester
Other Results: Accepted at Cornell CAS, wait listed Dartmouth, and denied at Penn.</p>
<p>Applied for FA: Yes
Decision: Wait-listed
FA package: n/a
Other schools: Accepted: Barnard, Mount Holyoke, Wellesley, Wesleyan; Waitlist: Brown, Swarthmore; Pending: Bryn Mawr</p>