<p>At the schools that are not need blind, not being able to pay the tuition is detrimental to your chances of admission. Contrary to what jgraider said, a lot of schools are NOT need blind. In fact, of all the colleges in the United States, only these very few schools do not take the applicant’s ability to pay into consideration when making admission decisions:</p>
<p>[Need-blind</a> admission - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Need-blind_admission]Need-blind”>Need-blind admission - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>In other words, not being able to pay in full does not help at most colleges.</p>