<p>my brother is applying to colleges and told me that our income is the lowest on the common app.. I dont know the exact numbers but its the lowest. I am also first gen.</p>
<p>If i am not mistaken, if my brother was accepted to harvard he would get a full ride due to income, or significant financial aid by their policies i checked out on their website. My brother said that harvard would rather accept another applicant with the same stats but higher income so they would save more money because they would not give out financial aid to this higher income applicant? Is this knowledge flawed or correct?</p>
<p>I realize that first gen is supposed to be a "hook" since i couldnt go to some summer programs that i wanted to go to because they had terrible financial aid, but dont universities want to keep their money(by my brothers logic)</p>
<p>I am certainly confident that he knows what he is talking about because some background information is that is a valedictorian out of a class of 1000 so hes certainly well informed in college admissions.</p>
<p>Harvard admissions are need-blind. That means they don’t take into account your financial situation at all when they review your application, only your academic and extracurricular credentials. :)</p>
<p>This is not true. HYPSMIvy admissions are all need-blind. They also, as far as they can tell from applications, like to admit poorer students, because poorer students have fewer opportunities in high school.</p>
<p>A very poor student with Harvard-quality stats has a better chance of getting in than would a student with similar stats who is middle class or is well off, but not so wealthy as to be able to donate millions to Harvard.</p>
<p>Harvard wants to have economic diversity in its student body, and its much harder for Harvard to attract qualified low-income applicants than qualified middle class or wealthy applicants.</p>