<p>Hi I'm new here and this forum is really great.</p>
<p>Im a soph at a top 20 LAC who wants to try and transfer to a bigger university.</p>
<p>my stats are
Econ major
4.00+ (ranked top3) with total of 38 credit hours as of now.
SAT was low 1400s and no SAT IIs
my Ecs include bunch of things that are not that impressive.</p>
<p>Now the question is i need substantial amount of financial aid.
which schools should i try and look at?</p>
<p>try the financial aid forum? for my part, the two schools i looked at in chicago, although i was not applying for financial aid, were uchicago and northwestern, and both of them seemed to offer good financial aid packages to transfer students.</p>
<p>I'm not sure how big of a school you are looking for, Chicago is ~4,000, Northwestern ~8,000</p>
<p>Actually, it says on northwestern's website that financial aid is limited for transfer students. What school are you trying to transfer from? i hope its not the one i was looking at .</p>
<p>any school that is called an university.
i go to a college.</p>
<p>is that the reason why you want to transfer away from an LAC? cuz they all have the name "college"?</p>
<p>lol mojojojo69 of course not.</p>
<p>at 4000+ universities there are more options to your studies
than lets say 2000- Liberal arts college.</p>
<p>im sorry to ask but whats wrong with your college? and was that the old SAT? if it is, i think you have a good chance @ any school.</p>
<p>northwestern says financial aid is limited for transfer students, however i also read, on these forums actually, about students getting upwards of $18,000 in need-based financial aid from northwestern as transfers, which is good.</p>
<p>EDIT: the reason they probably say transfer aid is limited, as compared to freshman admissions, is because they gurantee to meet any presented need for aid to any freshman acceptee, while transfer aid is not guranteed, but still prevalent</p>
<p>Look at Common Data Sets. They usually list aid for freshman, and aid for all undergraduates. The all undergraduates section is prevalent for transfers. If the school says they meet 100% of need for all undergraduates, then as a transfer, your need will be 100% met.</p>
<p>Northwestern met 0% of my need as a transfer student. I'm now going to have to pay back a 25k loan. If I don't get money next year, I won't return...regardless of it being my fav school in the world. It's just not worth it.</p>