<p>CC'ers,
What are some top 50 schools that have been known to offer generous financial aid, preferably need-based?</p>
<p>check colgate u</p>
<p>In another thread you mention that your parents are going to pay for your education. IF so, then would you qualify for “generous” FA?</p>
<p>A lot of the schools generous with financial aid tend to do this at the cost of merit money, so if you don’t qualify for need, you could end up without getting ANY money. With certain stats, for example, you could get a nice merit award from Fordham U regardless of need, sometimes as much as $30K, cutting the cost down to about half. With Colgate, that is not going to happen unless your Family need according to their PROFILE formula gives you and your family a contribution amount of around $30K or so. You gotta have the need, or you aren’t going to get ANY grants from them. </p>
<p>So check out the NPCs of some schools that do tend to give nice aid packages and see what they expect your famiily to pay as well as doing a sample EFC. Bear in mind that if you have a family business in the picture or a NCP, that could make a big difference in the numbers, but for those schools that tend to meet full need, you can get a good idea of what your aid package might be. Then check out some schools that are heavy on merit and see what you get that way. I know some one who is getting about $15K in grants, some sub loans and workstudy at a college that comes close to or meets need, but she could have done better at some schools that offered a bit more in merit, say $20K or more, because the student could then work to earn some money on top of that outside of WS and take out the full non sub Stafford of $5500.</p>
<p>We have a FAQ sticky at the top of the forum that contains answers to most basic questions like this.</p>
<p>From the FAQ:</p>
<p>Q: Which colleges give the best aid / claim to meet full need?</p>
<p>A: Here is the list of colleges that claim to meet full need:</p>
<p>[Universities</a> That Claim to Meet Full Financial Need - US News and World Report](<a href=“http://www.usnews.com/education/articles/2010/02/18/colleges-that-claim-to-meet-the-full-financial-needs-of-students]Universities”>http://www.usnews.com/education/articles/2010/02/18/colleges-that-claim-to-meet-the-full-financial-needs-of-students)</p>
<p>Mom2kids they will pay, but that doesn’t mean we can afford to pay sticker-price.</p>
<p>Girlincross, do find out what they will be expected to pay by running some NPCs (again, if they own a business that may not be accurate) on some schools that have generous aid policies. Ask them what they can afford to pay. If there is too much of a gap, they you need to look at schools that have merit aid that you stand a good chance of getting that brings down the price to what they can pay, and also look at state and local options that are affordable.</p>
<p>What your parents consider affordable to them, really what many of us consider affordable to us, does not match what schools aid formulas expect from us.</p>
<p>The two Non-Ivy Private Schools w/Generous Financial Aid I know are Stanford and MIT.</p>
<p>Mom2kids they will pay, but that doesn’t mean we can afford to pay sticker-price</p>
<p>then you need to have your parents use the net price calculators on various schools’ websites to see if they QUALIFY for the aid that you need. Schools may expect your family to pay a lot more than they can.</p>
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<p>“May?”</p>
<p>You mean “always.” ;)</p>