<p>I recently found out that Vassar (a school I applied to) is not needs blind! I was absolutely horrified. I thought all top schools were needs-blind. How big a factor will the financial situation be? Also, are there any other top schools that aren't needs blind?</p>
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<p>This would be affected by your EFC. If you are low income, say Pell Grant qualified, you might be offered Perkins Loans which are less expensive to you than Stafford Loans but much of financial aid is variable. Don't panic until you find a good reason to. You don't know anything yet.</p>
<p>There's plenty of top schools that aren't need blind. Johns Hopkins and WUStL aren't, and Brown wasn't until relatively recently. The need blind schools that promise to meet full need are</p>
<p>Amherst College
Boston College
Bowdoin College
Brown University
Caltech
Claremont McKenna College
Columbia University
Cornell University
Dartmouth College
Davidson College
Duke University
Emory University
Georgetown University
Grinnell College
Haverford College
Harvard University
Mass. Institute of Technology
Middlebury College
Northwestern University
Pomona College
Princeton University
Rice University
Swarthmore College
University of Chicago
University of Notre Dame
University of Pennsylvania
Vanderbilt University
Wake Forest University
Wellesley College
Wesleyan University
Williams College
Yale University</p>
<p>There are probably many more, but not all need blind colleges promise to meed your full need.</p>
<p>does non need blind mean it will be bad if you submit a financial aid app or only if you are deemed to need aid?</p>
<p>It means they take your ability to pay into consideration when they make their admission decision.</p>
<p>ok phewww.........</p>