<p>Hey I am an internatonal Student and I want Some Need Based top colleges to try Help ????</p>
<p>Most of the top colleges are need based. Williams and Middlebury are even need blind.</p>
<p>Princeton, Harvard, Yale, MIT</p>
<p>aren't there aby liberal arts colleges that r need blind n offers generous amt of funds?</p>
<p>i am not sure but most of the liberal arts colleges offer good aid packages to international students..they cover up a lot of the need if not all of it.</p>
<p>don worry abt LACs, there are plenty who give aids.</p>
<p>strictly speaking, there's no such thing as need-based colleges. only need-blind colleges (which do consider your financial ability when considering your admission) vs need-aware colleges (which take into account your ability to pay in admitting you) </p>
<p>need-blind colleges almost always provide only need-based financial aid. that is to say, the financial aid package they give you is solely based on your financial circumstances, and not by merit (unlike merit scholarships), or at least that's what they claimed. In reality, it's not hard to imagine that they will teak admission packages in favor of the students they want to woo. </p>
<p>need-aware colleges may provide financial aid too. but there's a difference between need-based financial aid, and merit-based financial aid, and also a difference between unis that meet full demonstrated aid, and those which only provide up to a certain amount (like full tuition or half tuition). </p>
<p>if you're the extremely needy type (like me), you will want to go for need-blind/aware (not much of a diff there frankly speaking. need-blind unis are so hard to get in you might as well go for need-aware unis) colleges that provide full-demonstrated need-based financial aid. </p>
<p>examples are harvard, yale, princeton, MIT, Williams, Middlebury (all need-blind, or claim to be), and the majority of the top 50, even 75, liberal arts colleges. Especially generous ones would include Amherst College, Connecticut College, Bates College, Wesleyan University (especially if you're an asian, there's a Freeman asian scholarship), Colby College, Carleton College, Colgate University, Wellesley College, Mount Holyoke College and maybe Vassar College. On the other end of the generosity spectrum (subject to my very limited knowledge) would be Pomona College, Kenyon College, Bowdoin College, Harvey Mudd College, Grinnell College. They either (1) do not meet full financial need (like in the case of Grinnell, which offer ALOT of financial aid offers but will not cover the entire comprehensive fee), or (2) may offer a full ride but only to a very very select few (such as Pomona, which I think offer only 4 places a year?)</p>
<p>hope that helps.</p>