<p>yeah, as stated?</p>
<p>Most schools are need-blind, unless you are an international student. What schools are you applying to?</p>
<p>I am international, Canadian in specific</p>
<ul>
<li>CMU</li>
<li>Case</li>
<li>NYU</li>
<li>BU</li>
<li>BC</li>
<li>Lehigh</li>
</ul>
<p>btw, i wikipedia'ed it. apparently the following schools are need-blind</p>
<pre><code>* Amherst College
* Boston College
* Brandeis University
* Brown University
* California Institute of Technology
* Columbia University
* Cornell University
* Cooper Union
* Dartmouth College
* Duke University
* Fordham University
* Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
* Georgetown University
* Grinnell College
* Harvard University
* Haverford College
* International University Bremen (from 2007 "Jacobs University Bremen")
* Lawrence University
* Massachusetts Institute of Technology
* Middlebury College
* Pomona College
* Princeton University -(the only university that offers need blind admissions to international students)
* Rice University
* Stanford University
* Swarthmore College
* University of Chicago
* University of Pennsylvania
* University of Richmond
* Wake Forest University
* Wellesley College
* Wesleyan University
* Williams College
* Yale University
</code></pre>
<p>guess it does help me then?</p>
<p>Here's what the Dean of Admissions of my alma mater (not one on the above list) told me this past Fall; at the end of the admissions process, if the last spot came down to you and one other prospect, and the other prospect checked the "no" box for financial aid, guess which one they'd admit?</p>
<p>Harvard, Yale, Princeton, MIT, and Middlebury are need-blind towards internationals.</p>
<p>All the schools the OP listed are not. So it will help to not apply for financial aid.</p>