<p>offers the best financial aid? i don't want to hear about packages from people with very little or zero efc. i'm talking about like 10-20k efc with great financial aid packages. thanks!</p>
<pre><code>1 Harvard University (MA)
3 Yale University (CT)
4 University of Pennsylvania
5 Duke University (NC)
9 Columbia University (NY)
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<p>12 Northwestern University (IL)
13 Cornell University (NY)
15 Brown University (RI)
15 University of Chicago</p>
<p>and if you noticed, i took out the schools i wasn't interested in, such as hopkins, mit, and princeton.</p>
<p>princeton doesnt accept transfers :p; harvard gives the best aid package; northwestern said finaid is limited for transfers, U(C) & cornell i heard are pretty bad w/ aid for transfers. Duke is generous, and i assume so is Yale and UPenn.</p>
<p>ouch. i thought northwestern and chicago would be pretty good with aid.. but i guess i was wrong.</p>
<p>My EFC is in the range you are talking about, Forgiven, and I was awarded a very generous financial aid package as a transfer @ Northwestern. I have heard some complain loudly about FA at NU, but I get the feeling they are in the 30-50k EFC range - obviously, if you do not present a case for needing help, any university is going to expect to be paid.</p>
<p>How about stanford?</p>
<p>lol forgiven is making his way up the ranks...just got to michigan and now gettin ready to crack the top 15. congratulations! :)</p>
<p>Ah, and as an answer, I would definitely say Harvard is best with aid for transfers since they're freakin rolling. Yale is also very good, and I've heard Columbia is not very good, nor is Brown. Dunno a/b the others. Good luck!</p>
<p>'they're freakin rolling'</p>
<p>what does that mean?</p>
<p>they have over 20 billion dollars...the largest endowment of any university in the world.</p>
<p>is it even worth applying when my dad makes 150K+ a year?I support myself fully but i still need to put my dad's salary on my fafsa. Will they consider the fact that i'm truly independent? Or do they not give a fu.ck?</p>
<p>This is from a Stanford article about transfers:
"For some, the choice is pragmatic. Gillian Gentry worked 20-hour weeks to pay her way through two years at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, earning an associate degree and a 4.0 grade point average. UCLA, UC-Berkeley and Stanford offered her transfer admission. Gentry considered the financial aid packages: Cals tuition was cheaper, but the state deducted a parental contribution from her aid entitlement even though shed be putting herself through school. Stanfords grants and loans negated the difference, so she chose the Farm."</p>
<p>does anybody know anything about brown?</p>
<p>I imagine someone knows something about Brown. :)</p>
<p>I got good finaid from Columbia as a transfer. Actually, they gave me 10,000 more in grants than I had gotten as a freshman for Northwestern..</p>