Here is a list of the schools I am either going to apply to or am highly considering:
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Boston College
Georgetown University
University of Notre Dame
Villanova University
University of Michigan
University of Alabama
Wake Forest University
University of Pennsylvania
Bucknell University
Tulane University
University of Rochester
Carnegie Mellon
Does anybody know which of these are “need blind”?
You can google “need blind colleges.”
It doesn’t really matter. If you have big need but apply to a need aware school, you might still get in. Most of the need aware schools are pretty generous.
The majority of those on your list also meet 100 percent of demonstrated need, which is the key partner to need blind. Otherwise, they can be need blind and offer you not nearly enough to attend.
Off the top of my head, Villanova does not and Bucknell is at like 98 percent. Alabama doesn’t, but there are nice OOS scholarships there. Tulane may not either.
A good bunch of those colleges are need blind for admissions…meaning your ability to pay won’t be considered when your application is reviewed for admission.
But why are you asking?
Please remember that need blind is an admissions term. This means if you are a U.S. Citizen/ U.S. permanent resident, most colleges are need blind to you in the admissions process. This means that your ability to pay will not be a factor in admitting you into their school. While there are a few that are need aware, but for U.S. citizens/permanent residents this tends to happen toward the end of the admissions cycle, when it comes to choosing between two similarly qualified student, the nod will go to the one who needs less of the institutions financial resources.
Just because a college practices need blind admissions does not necessarily means that it will meet 100% of your demonstrated need. The overwhelming majority of colleges in the U.S> do not meet 100% demonstrated need (they gap).