<p>If you transfer to a "meets full need" and "no loan" school, like a top university or LAC, do you follow that financial aid policy? I go to a top LAC and I received almost full grant to attend. If I transfer to another top school that has similar financial aid policy will I receive similar financial aid compared to what I have now?</p>
<p>Depends on the school. CCers love to point out that FA policies sometimes don’t apply to transfers but I havent seen this to be true at the schools I’m applying to. Merit aid is definitely decreased for transfers but need based depends on the school.</p>
<p>The bigger consideration is not the meets full need policy but the need blind policy. A lot of schools are looking for full pay transfer students. For instance, Brown is need blind for freshmen, but not transfers.</p>
<p>How does one find these things out? While I haven’t researched Brown I have looked into many places. I haven’t found any that say if they are need blind or not. I haven’t seen any that definitively say FA policies are different for transfers either.</p>
<p>You have to do a lot of research on their website or give them a call. For instance, while the B main Transfer Admissions page talks about their limited FA for transfers and the need to apply for FA when applying to transfer, their need aware policy only shows up when you go to the FA page, A to Z, T for Transfer Students. Why they didn’t see fit to put this information on their Transfer page is beyond me.</p>
<p>Wow it’s so complicated. They should just make everything clearer.</p>
<p>I agree. Throughout this whole transfer process I have definitely gotten the feeling that transfers aren’t really wanted or considered. I feel almost like transfer admissions is begging the school not just applying. </p>
<p>It’s too bad there’s no real way to find out. I mean other than investigating each school. If FA is a major factor in deciding where to apply it can be very arduous.</p>
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<p>Unfortunately true. Since fr applicants outnumber transfers by such a high number, most emphasis is given to them for money, information, etc.</p>