<p>I know that Stanford and possibly Duke have the policy of Free/Waived Tuition to low income students. Does anyone know other top schools who have this policy?</p>
<p>Stanford if you're making under 100k you have no tuition, if you make under 60k you have no parent contribution. HYP I'm pretty sure remove parent contribution at 60k as well. I don't know about Duke though...</p>
<p>The graphic is very good on this...</p>
<p>Check out Project</a> on Student Debt: Home</p>
<p>Can anyone tell me about NYU and UT Austin and their Financial Aid policies?</p>
<p>harvard does</p>
<p>NYU is the poster child for terrible financial aid. Their website makes it clear that it doesn’t meet financial need.</p>
<p>Yeah I didnt even bother applying to NYU because of their horrible financial aid.
Vanderbilt, on the other, gives great fin aid.</p>
<p>NYU, if they want you, can give a very generous financial aid with merit package. I’ve seen some. If you have very good stats and grades, in the upper 5% of the kids in that college, there is a better chance of getting a full need met package even from schools that do not meet full need for everyone. It does not mean no one gets full need met. </p>
<p>As a rule, the more selective schools tend to be the ones that are more generous with financial aid.</p>
<p>hellojames…</p>
<p>What are your stats? If you give us your stats (including SAT breakdown), we can direct you to where you might get the most money. </p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>Another 2 year old thread bumped for no apparent reason…my guess is james has found his answer by now!</p>
<p>Look up schools that meet 100% of need. That gives you a start. Anyone who can get into those schools will have his/er need met. The problem now becomes definition of need and how much of the package is loans. There are lists of loan free colleges too. </p>
<p>But you have to get into those schools and they tend to be highly selective. So finding some safeties becomes the issue. Generally speaking, if you can get into those schools, you are probably a good candidate for merit awards at less selective schools, so if you find schools with a lot of merit money, those are some other eggs for your basket. Some may even have guaranteed awards for certain thresh hold grades and test scores. Those are truly safeties. Then you have the low sticker prices schools that can be paid out of pocket from part time work, the PELL grant which you will get if your family is truly low income, and some Stafford loans; possibly other low income grants and loans as well. Commuting to a local state school or comm college is often a very affordable option;</p>
<p>You should have several of these categories in your choices so that at the end of the season, you have some sure bets and maybe hit the jackpot on some more selective options.</p>
<p>^^ True Sk8rmom but the info is still good.</p>
<p>LOL…didn’t notice that.</p>
<p>Neither did I, but I guess someone found it relevant to bump it up.</p>