<p>Hi, I know it's pretty late in the decisions process to be asking this but I was intent on applying for financial aid until we spoke to our accountant and found that our EFC would be far beyond what we thought it'd be after taking other assets into consideration.</p>
<p>My question is, if I checked off the "I will apply for financial aid" checkbox in my CommonApp, and decided not to file any of my school's forms or FAFSA, will my decision be affected? If so, will I need to contact the admissions offices immediately?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Which schools did you apply to?</p>
<p>Most schools are need blind, so it won’t make a difference.</p>
<p>Harvard, UChicago, Yale, and Columbia.</p>
<p>Aren’t all those schools need blind?</p>
<p>I know Harvard and Yale are need blind for all students. Depending on the situation, it may not be the case for Columbia and UCh. I would call admissions and let them know in case it makes a difference. An example where it could make a difference is if you are a transfer student, international student or applying to a certain program or school within those two universities and there may be more situations as well.</p>
<p>“Most schools are need blind, so it won’t make a difference.”</p>
<p>Most state schools are need-blind, most private schools are need-aware.</p>
<p>I had the same thing happen to me and contacted each of the financial aid offices.</p>
<p>Some have an online system where you can change your intent to apply, others just need you to email their financial aid office.</p>
<p>I mostly did it to stop the messages that were saying I was missing FA documents, which probably looks worse than needing FA.</p>
<p>*Most state schools are need-blind, most private schools are need-aware. *</p>
<p>I don’t think that’s true. Mostly, the private schools that are “need aware” are the ones that “meet need” but don’t have huge ivy-like endowments. Since most privates don’t meet need, most are need blind as well.</p>
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[Need-blind</a> admission - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Need-blind_admission]Need-blind”>Need-blind admission - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>We have to get our info from somewhere! The world is quick to correct wiki mistakes.</p>
<p>Alright, I will contact the FA offices just to be shore. Thanks for the clarification, everyone!</p>