<p>It seems like all the top, top colleges - HYPS, Vanderbilt, etc. - offer 100% need based financial aid.</p>
<p>But what are the top colleges that DON'T offer full need based aid? And while we're there, are there colleges where admission is not need blind? How far down the list do you have to go?</p>
<p>Carleton is NOT need blind, the later on you send in your FA stuff, the more likely they are going to consider it against your over all package.</p>
<p>WashU is not need blind.</p>
<p>Tufts is full need but was not need blind last year.</p>
<p>Thanks for the input so far. I’m surprised that so few are mentioned. I’m guessing that as we go down the selectivity lists there will be more. </p>
<p>Is that right, and, if so, at about what point does it shift from full financial aid/need-blind to some need based aid/need considered in admissions?</p>
<p>the vast majority of colleges don’t offer full need-based aid, the same applies to having need blind admissions</p>
<p>I’m assuming you’re a decent student who comes from a rich family, so you are looking at the best schools where they do factor in if you need aid or not?</p>
<p>[Need-blind</a> admission - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Need_blind]Need-blind”>Need-blind admission - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>[Student</a> financial aid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_aid]Student”>Financial assistance - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>Top usnews colleges that are not both need blind and full-need:</p>
<p>-WUSTL
-Johns Hopkins
-UC Berkeley
-Carnegie Mellon
-UCLA
-University of Michigan
-Tufts (supposedly nearly there)
-UNC
-NYU
-William and Mary
-BC
<p>LACs:</p>
<p>-Carleton
-Washington & Lee
-Smith
-Colgate
(most other lower ranked colleges)</p>
<p>on the lac’s you have to go down the list a ways to find a top college that doesnt
promise 100% need based aid. Kenyon, usually ranked in the mid thirties, doesn’t
promise to meet full need. Of course 100% need based aid means one thing to one
college and something else to another - but that’s another story.</p>
<p>
Actually I’m the dad, my son isn’t that interested in the details of the college search. For the most part he’s more interested in his academics and ECs, which is fine with me.</p>
<p>I don’t feel rich, I’m not rich in any other part of my life, but FAFSA says that since I saved for my retirement and run my business pretty well, I am rich, so I’m interested in these kinds of things.</p>
<p>I’m not sure if this changes anything about the selection process for us. Maybe this will make him a little more likely to go on a WASTL discovery weekend or something; or less likely, as the case may be. Right now, we’re gathering information, then we’ll try to figure out what it means and what actions to take, or not take. And if we can’t figure it out we’ll start another thread and someone will figure it out for us.</p>