<p>Hey, so I got a question I desperately need answering. Can a college give you a conditional acceptance with the financial aid? For example, the school accepts you but rejects your financial aid request? Because even though schools say they're need blind, I'm sure you all know they're lying. </p>
<p>Also, is it ok if I apply for both the FAFSA and CSS PROFILE? Or am I suppose to for both if a university asks for it?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>You must do both if the school asks for it (and you want to apply for financial aid). PROFILE schools will usually use FAFSA to determine eligibility for Federal or State aid, and PROFILE to determine eligibility for the school’s own institutional aid.</p>
<p>Yes it is possible to be accepted into a school but not get enough financial aid to be able to attend. Need blind does not mean they promise to meet your need if they accept you. It means they don’t consider your need when deciding whether or not to accept you - the acceptance committee will be unaware of whether you have need or not. Unless a school promises to meet full need (some do, most do not) then accepting you does not mean they will meet your need.</p>
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<p>And you have verified the above…how?? </p>
<p>Most colleges have thousands of applicants. They do NOT have the time nor the manpower to have their admissions folks review financial aid documents which are not even submitted to the same office. Also, most schools don’t bother to process financial aid UNTIL they have accepted students. The offices are not in the same room and the same people do not have access to both pieces of information EXCEPT where a school says it looks at your finances when it determines admissions (e.g. many schools look at ability to pay for international applicants; some look at it for ALL students). </p>
<p>You certainly can get an acceptance to a school (either you get accepted or not…it’s not “conditional”) with a financial aid package that does not meet your family expectation and prevents you from attending a specific school. </p>
<p>I think you are confusing NEED BLIND (not looking at need when determining admissions) to MEETING FULL NEED (which means the school will provide financial aid to meet your need above what THEY compute to be your family contribution). These are two very different things…and many folks use them interchangably. They are NOT the same thing. There are many need blind schools that do NOT meet full need.</p>
<p>Need blind and meeting need are two different things. Many schools are need blind in who they admit but don’t eet need for everyone. Others will just reject if they can’t meet your need.</p>