<p>Does Brown offer good finaid packages for transfer students? Also, is transfer admissions need-blind? or need-aware? thanks!</p>
<p>Here's the low down. </p>
<p>Transfer admission is need-aware. That means that they take your need into consideration in deciding whether or not to admit you. The year I applied (for 2005-2006), it was significantly, significantly harder to get in as a financial aid applicant (i have numbers if you want them). I can only imagine that funding for transfer aid has increased since then, thus making it less difficult. However, it is still a factor. If you are curious, call and ask how money is allotted for transfer financial aid and do some math. A typical aid package is 20K. About 50% of applicants apply for financial aid. I don't know how many people total are applying nowadays...</p>
<p>If you do get accepted, your full need (as determined by Brown) will be met. </p>
<p>It's all-or-nothing. </p>
<p>pm me if you have questions :)</p>
<p>some statistics (i've said this 4 or 5 times on this board)</p>
<p>when i applied, there were over 700 applicants. 350 applied for finaid (50%). 140 matriculated. I'm spitballing and gonna say 175 were accepted (25%). 20 matriculants were on financial aid (14%), despite the fact that 50% of applicants applied for financial aid. </p>
<p>I don't know exactly how to do the math here to find out the odds of a finaid applicant getting in versus a non finaid applicant, but it seems very clear that the non finaid applicant had a much, much greater chance. </p>
<p>Meanwhile, the 100 million dollar Sidney Frank Grant that year went primarily towards expanding financial aid for freshman (Sidney Frank scholars and such). While this is laudable, if only a small fraction of that (say another 400,000) was alloted to transfers, it would have doubled the number of finaid students that could have attended. </p>
<p>But can I reaaaally complain? Well, yeah. But not all the much, because at least they offer aid now where as before they didn't. </p>
<p>I will say though that I was this close <em>holds fingers really really close together</em> to withdrawing my finaid app because i wanted to go so badly and i knew how much harder it would be to get in. Which would have been an incredible financial hardship on my family, as I have substantial need. Like triple mortgage hardship. All I can say is I love my parents, and that I'm glad I didn't withdraw it!!</p>