<p>My question is- Does not applying or requesting financial aid increase admission chances? As in- paying in full. I know it's not supposed to.. but I just wanted an answer from the forum population. This applies for all Ivy Leagues.</p>
<p>Nope. Need-blind is just that.</p>
<p>Harvard is the richest university in the world with billions of dollars (over 17 billion)… so i dont think they have a problem with paying a couple students 50000$ tuitions.</p>
<p>I hear that if you are a legacy, then applying for financial aid cancels out the boost you get from being a legacy, but it doesn’t hurt you beyond that. That said, they were happy to foot 50k of my tuition for me and 20% of my class (in total 60% are on some form of aid).</p>
<p>By now, Malcan (or Malcan’s kid) is finishing his or her first semester at college. :)</p>
<p>Financial aid doesn’t hurt you at Harvard because they spend a lot on financial aid, especially on Internationals. Also, they claim to be ‘need-blind’. </p>
<p>Another generous university in the Ivy League is Princeton.</p>
<p>Best of Luck!!!</p>
<p>(Just hit the 5th century :D)</p>