<p>If applying financial aids, it will be lower the acceptance chance?</p>
<p>Anna,
I don't believe that is the case. And many liberal arts colleges, at least, are "need-blind," meaning that the Admissions office makes its decisions regardless of what papers you have filed with the Financial Aid office.</p>
<p>At most colleges yes, relatively few colleges are need blind. Many question whether any truly are.</p>
<p>they may admit anyone regardless of need, but that doesn't mean they are going to make it affordable for everyone (with the exception of those that meet full need and that is only a very few schools)</p>
<p>Some people refer to it as admit/deny. They admit you, but know you won't be able to accept because the money isn't there from the school to make it affordable to you</p>
<p>Most schools are need blind. They also do not guarantee to meet your need and usually do not. The schools that tend to be need aware are those that meet a high % of their accepted students' financial need. There are not many schools that both meet 100% and are need blind, and you can find out which ones they are by googling need blind schools. </p>
<p>There are even fewer schools that are need blind for international students, and many schools that meet full need for freshmen do not have the same policy for transfers.</p>
<p>Anna, from the wording of your post I infer that you may be an international student. For an international student, yes, applying for financial aid frequently reduces your chance of admission.</p>