<p>These sites might be useful: [Project</a> on Student Debt: What’s the Bottom Line?](<a href=“http://www.projectonstudentdebt.org/ncoa_chart.php]Project”>http://www.projectonstudentdebt.org/ncoa_chart.php) & [FinAid</a> | Answering Your Questions | No Loans for Low Income Students](<a href=“Your Guide for College Financial Aid - Finaid”>Your Guide for College Financial Aid - Finaid) & [Colleges</a> That Claim to Meet the Full Financial Needs of Students - US News and World Report](<a href=“http://www.usnews.com/articles/education/paying-for-college/2010/02/18/colleges-that-claim-to-meet-the-full-financial-needs-of-students.html]Colleges”>http://www.usnews.com/articles/education/paying-for-college/2010/02/18/colleges-that-claim-to-meet-the-full-financial-needs-of-students.html) Note that meeting full need can include loans, and that colleges get to determine what you can afford to pay.</p>
<p>I think Smith and Mount Holyoke will try to work with you even though they are not schools that meet full need. I’m a bit biased… but Wellesley’s financial aid is amazing. :)</p>
<p>NYU is notorious for bad (need based) financial aid.</p>
<p>What are your stats? Where are you in state?</p>