<p>I know Stanford, Harvard, and Yale provide full rides for low-income students who get in. What other top schools have this program?</p>
<p>Most private schools, including Princeton, MIT, .....</p>
<p>But do realize there is no such a thing as a full-ride when it comes to need-based financial aid. It means your parental contribution is zero, but you, as a student, still are expected to contribute few thousand dollars (self-help) via loan/work-study/summer earnings or some combination.</p>
<p>Every top school I can think of provides generous need based aid. The catch is that they give you what THEY think you need, which may or may not agree with what your family thinks they can afford. </p>
<p>Aid is sometimes all cash grants, sometimes in the form of loans, sometimes in the form of work opportunities. Every college uses a slightly different formula AND if you're accepted to more than one you can always go back and renegotiate the offers.</p>
<p>Among the top 5-10 universities and LACs, as a general statement, if they accept you they'll figure out a way to fund you.</p>
<p>It's a complicated system so it's best to educate yourself. Go on line and use one of those calculators to estimate what you might expect to receive.</p>
<p>It's too late for this year's applications, but if you're applying in 2007 you should look into Questbridge which is a terrific organization that matches up low income students with top colleges.</p>
<p>check out questbridge.org</p>