<p>Does anyone have a list of schools that give great financial aid to really low income students?
Please don't list any schools in the top 20/30 because chances are i already know about them.
But at the same time, i don't want schools with like a 90% acceptance rate, thanks.
Preferably in east coast. </p>
<p>Well, the top schools are the ones with the best aid. What are your stats and what is your home state? </p>
<p>(schools with 90% acceptance rates wouldn’t likely give good aid anyways…lol)</p>
<p>OP, I don’t know what you consider great FA, but there are a couple threads on CC about automatic and competitive full ride/full tuition scholarships. You could start here. You will need some serious cred.</p>
<p><a href=“Competitive Full Tuition / Full Ride Scholarships - Financial Aid and Scholarships - College Confidential Forums”>Competitive Full Tuition / Full Ride Scholarships - Financial Aid and Scholarships - College Confidential Forums;
<p><a href=“Automatic Full Tuition / Full Ride Scholarships - Financial Aid and Scholarships - College Confidential Forums”>Automatic Full Tuition / Full Ride Scholarships - Financial Aid and Scholarships - College Confidential Forums;
<p>FYI
There are separate lists for private univ, LAC & public univ. You can click on the column for need-based aid to sort the list. </p>
<p><a href=“Best College Values, 2019 | Kiplinger”>Best College Values, 2019 | Kiplinger;
<p>i live in ny, im looking for decent schools that aren’t extremely competitive and give good financial aid. my stats are 92gpa and 2100 sat
I am aware of the macaulay honors program and i intend on applying </p>
<p>Go to each school’s web site and search for the net price calculator. Use it to get an estimate of the net price for your family financial situation.</p>
<p>You can also use <a href=“http://collegeabacus.org”>http://collegeabacus.org</a> to do three at a time (it apparently web-scrapes college net price calculators).</p>
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Let’s think about this. If they give really good FA then a lot of students who need aid will apply. More applications generally means a broader applicant pool and the school can pick the top students… It’s not an impossible task but you can see the issue. Are you from NY?</p>
<p>Here is a list of colleges that claim to meet 100% of demonstrated need:
<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</a>
The least selective East Coast schools on the list include Holy Cross, Connecticut College, Franklin & Marshall, Trinity, Richmond, Mt. Holyoke (women only), and Smith (women only). Some of these schools should be matches or realistic reaches for your stats.</p>
<p>Not all of these ~60 schools will be equally generous. Run their online Net Price Calculators to build estimates. A key issue will be whether you can cover the estimated Expected Family Contribution.</p>
<p>If you can cover the EFCs without too much trouble, then some of the other schools listed on the Kiplinger’s site (see above) may be good possibilities. You may also want to consider schools (like Alabama) that offer large merit scholarships to students with your stats. For a very low income student, those schools may or may not have lower net costs than some of the “full need” schools.</p>
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<p>Do not rely on such claims without verifying with the net price calculators. See the examples in <a href=“"Meet full need" schools can vary significantly in their net prices. - Financial Aid and Scholarships - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1675058-meet-full-need-schools-can-vary-significantly-in-their-net-prices-p1.html</a> to see how two schools claiming that can produce net prices that differ by nearly $40,000 per year.</p>