<p>I’m honestly not sure how any of these schools determine “need” when they require the CSS Profile. The FAFSA is pretty straight forward. CSS is not. I can say that when all of the financial aid offers came in for the schools where my D was accepted, our expected contribution was different for each. American University was expecting more than Barnard (by about $2000) and the University of Michigan was expecting less than Barnard (by about $2000). DePaul was around the same as U of M or perhaps a little bit less but the package included more student loans.</p>
<p>I’m sorry, I just realized you are an international student. The rules are different there so I don’t know what to tell you.</p>