How reliable is wikipedia's "meet full demonstrated need" schools list?

Paying for College
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<p>I'm a little confused, because wikipedia says that University of Michigan is need-blind and meet full demonstrated need, but it doesn't seem like it meets full demonstrated need when I tried to use the net price calculator to calculate, I also saw a lot of people on CC saying that U of Michigan doesn't meet full-need for OOS students.
So I'm wondering how reliable are wikipedia's "meet full demonstrated need" schools list?
Thanks!</p>

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<p>It would help if you posted a link. I don’t hold wiki in high esteem for information like this, USN&WR is likely a better source:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/paying-for-college/articles/2013/09/18/colleges-that-claim-to-meet-full-financial-need-2014”>http://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/paying-for-college/articles/2013/09/18/colleges-that-claim-to-meet-full-financial-need-2014&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>IMO, these lists are a good place to start, but you always need to check the college websites for changes and specific details.</p>

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<p>That wiki reference may be referring to INSTATE students.</p>

<p>However, UMich is now trying to meet need for future OOS students. However, “trying” is not a promise, and suggests to me that OOS acceptance will now get tougher.</p>

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<p>entomom -
Thanks for the list and here’s the wiki list.
<a href=“Need-blind admission - Wikipedia”>Need-blind admission - Wikipedia;

<p>mom2collegekids -
Thank you for the information!</p>

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<p>There are definitely some errors/omissions in the wiki list. For instance, while it says that Columbia doesn’t provide full need for transfers, it should say the same thing for Brown (in addition to the fact that it is need aware for transfers).</p>

<p>One other thing to remember is that colleges fill need with a combination of grants, WS & loans; there are only a handful of no loan schools.</p>

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<p>“Meets full need” also does not mean that the net price calculator will return the same net price for each school that claims that.</p>

<p>Each school may have a different calculation of “need”. Each school may have a different expected student contribution (direct loans and work or work-study earnings). The differences in net prices can be substantial between different “meets full need” schools.</p>