How's the financial aid at the following schools?

Paying for College
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<p>I'm looking at schools with anthropology majors, and here are some of the better ones that I have a possible chance at getting in:</p>

<p>Georgetown
John Hopkins
NYU
Northeastern
UCLA
Wake Forest</p>

<p>Can you tell me which of these schools offer a lot of non-loan money? Uni. of Pittsburgh is my top choice at the moment for Anthropology, because it's affordable. If I could get the tuition of one these better schools down to 20ish a year, that would probably be doable.</p>

<p>I don't really have the greatest SAT scores, or the best classes, so if I manage to make it into one of these schools, I probably won't be very eligible for academic scholarships. </p>

<p>But if academic scholarships are offered for performance at college, then I could possibly be eligible.</p>

<p>Any thoughts? Thanks!</p>

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<p>I do not know which of those schools offers to meet 100% of need.
When a school * does* state they meet 100% of need, that need can be met with any combination of loans, grants and workstudy.</p>

<p>NYU is not known for their attempt to meet need, or provide grants.
Actually quite the opposite.</p>

<p>Don't know much about the others, a friend of D's is attending Georgetown currently with merit as well as need based aid, but she was a stand out student at a school that attracted stand out students from all over the region.</p>

<p>If you have some idea of what kind of anthro you are interested in, you might be able to get some more affordable and attractive suggestions.</p>

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<p>Pandem, I don't have this year's subscription, but I think it is worth getting one with USNews for this information. It costs about $15. In the past they have revealed the average % of need met, and the average breakdown of loans/WS and grants. I can tell you that NEU is not the greatest (they may meet on average under 70% of financial need. I don't recall for sure) in terms of financial aid, but they do have some nice sized merit scholarships. I don't know about the others, but I agree with Emeraldkity about NYU.</p>

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<p>I also concur on NYU.</p>

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<p>With UCLA, it will partially depend on whether or not you're a CA resident.</p>

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<p>entomom is right, and in another post you mention you are a resident of PA. At UCLA you can only expect Federal Aid (Pell Grant, Perkins Loans and Stafford Loans) that you qualify for. University need-based grants are reserved for in-state students. OOS students are generally very disappointed in their financial aid.</p>