<p>I am planning to apply to Middlebury and if I get admitted I want to do their engineering program, in which a student completes their first 3 years in Middlebury and then does an engineering course of 2 years at Columbia or RPI.</p>
<p>But, I need financial aid (around $40000). Lets say I get this aid at Middlebury, but when I go to Columbia or RPI, will I still get the same amount of aid?</p>
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<p>The federal aid you might get (Pell grants, if you’re eligible, and Stafford loans for sure) will be available at the college you transfer to.</p>
<p>But if you’re hoping for $40K, then you are hoping for some major need-based grant aid from Middlebury. That’s money from Middlebury’s endowment and operating funds. And whether Columbia or RPI would give you the same amount in need-based grants is not clear to me.</p>
<p>But since Columbia and RPI have a formal 3-2 agreement with Middlebury, it seems to me that they might have some kind of agreement concerning need-based financial aid. The people who would know are the people in the FA office at Middlebury and the people in the admissions office at Middlebury. Ask them this question.</p>
<p>You will probably not get the same amount of aid because they are 3 different schools probably with 3 different methodologies for determining aid.</p>
<p>If I remember correctly Middlebury is not need blind so the ability to pay may be a factor in admissions.</p>
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<p>Incorrect. Middlebury is need blind for all domestic students.</p>