<p>We are pretty sure that we wont qualify for any aid (we've done a lot of research), but we were planning to do it anyway just in case something changes.</p>
<p>Does that little choice on the future plans section of each college have any effect on the admissions decision?</p>
<p>Princeton, Brown, Penn, Harvard, Yale, Northwestern, Rice, Duke are my list of colleges.</p>
<p>If a school pledges to meet 100% of need, they are often need aware. Amount of need may influence admission decision.</p>
<p>However if a school doesn’t meet 100% of need, then they can always just gap the aid, if they want to admit the student but don’t want to dedicate a big portion of aid to them.</p>
<p>Of your schools, the Ivies meet 100% of need, but at least Harvard & Princeton may calculate need differently than other schools so it could be worth applying.
Not sure about others.</p>
<p>If you’re a domestic student, then I think all of the schools on your list are “need-blind”. So, no worry.</p>
<p>The “edge” for being full pay vs. applying for aid is minimal. PLUS if you really don’t qualify for aid AND the school is need aware, your financial aid application forms will clearly tell the school they aren’t needing to offer you any money.</p>
<p>Ostensibly, applying for aid does not matter at your list.</p>
<p>Anecdotal evidence, however, may not always agree that need blind schools are totally. need blind. these colleges need a substantial NU,ber of full pay students. They know they need to give big aid to most athletes and most URMs. If you’re an ORM from an overrepresented state, I’m not sure that needing aid does not impact admission.</p>