<p>I need to find some urban LACs that give great financial aid. Any suggestions?</p>
<p>I don’t know if you’re a girl or a guy so bear wih me. And by great aid do mean need based or merit because most are need based. But here’s a place to start.</p>
<p>Barnard
Macalester
Occidental
UChicago
Emerson
Trinity, CT
Reed
Columbia (LAC-like at CC)</p>
<p>Also Rhodes College in Memphis.</p>
<p>Duquesne in Pittsburgh.</p>
<p>Holy Cross</p>
<p>Pomona, Claremont McKenna.</p>
<p>I too was thinking about Holy Cross, but I’m not sure Worcester is what people have in mind when seeking an “urban school.” If it is, I’d also recommend Clark U.</p>
<p>Lewis & Clark in Portland, OR.</p>
<p>Disclaimer to the OP: Look further into the Claremont Colleges (including Pomona and CMC, posted above) before categorizing them as ‘Urban.’ To some, they might feel that way (southern California sprawl), but they’re suburban (with reasonably easy access to major urban areas). If you just want to avoid going to school in the middle of nowhere or the middle of a very stereotypical suburb, then you’ll be fine. But if you want skyscrapers bordering your campus, you won’t find them anywhere around Claremont.</p>
<p>Well, if we are going to be calling Columbia and UChicago LACs, then we might as well throw in places like Vanderbilt, a university in a city with a strong emphasis on undergraduate programs, classes taught by professors, mostly small classes, and compact campus with a lot of activities on campus.</p>
<p>They are “need blind” admission and claim to meet full need. They do offer more merit scholarships than many schools, but generally those require stats at the upper end of the distribution. (But check the website for more information.)</p>
<p>But you are already considering it, I see from your thread on the Vanderbilt site.</p>