<p>If I let a school know that I will not be asking for Financial Aid (especially a private school), will that make me look more appealing considering the economic crisis we're in?</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>it depends on whether the school is needs-blind or not. a school who is needs-blind doesn’t take into consideration whether you can pay or not into your admissions decision.</p>
<p>“Colleges routinely boast about being “need blind” in admissions, meaning that they consider applicants without regard to their ability to pay. But even if they are need blind, and a new survey suggests they are, that may be very different from being an institution that any academically qualified student can actually attend.”</p>
<p>[aid</a> / 26 / 11 / 2008 / News / Home - Inside Higher Ed](<a href=“http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/11/26/aid]aid”>http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/11/26/aid)</p>