Will NOT CHECKING the financial aid box help your chances?

Applying to College
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<p>just curious, heard this once</p>

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<p>if a school is “need blind” then checking/not checking the box will have no effect on your chances of admission.
(a lot of schools are need blind)</p>

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<p>Oh ok, thanks! I just looked it up, if anyone else is curious, wikipedia says the following schools are need-blind (shucks, I didn’t check it and my numero uno is in here)</p>

<pre><code>* Amherst College

  • Beloit College
  • Boston College
  • Bowdoin College
  • Brandeis University
  • Brown University
  • California Institute of Technology
  • Claremont McKenna College
  • Columbia University
  • Cornell University
  • Cooper Union
  • Dartmouth College
  • Davidson College
  • Duke University
  • Emory University [3]
  • Georgetown University
  • Grinnell College
  • Harvard University
  • Haverford College
  • Lawrence University (96% of need met)[4]
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Middlebury College
  • Northwestern University
  • Pomona College
  • Princeton University
  • Rice University [5]
  • Stanford University
  • Swarthmore College
  • University of Chicago
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • University of Richmond
  • University of Virginia [6]
  • Vassar College [7]
  • Vanderbilt University
  • Wellesley College
  • Wesleyan University
  • Williams College
  • Yale University
    </code></pre>
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<p>“A number of schools state they offer both need-blind admissions and full-need for U.S. students. However, experts speculate the actual number is much lower–perhaps about eight to twelve schools nationwide.” (wikipedia)</p>

<p>hmmm maybe some say they are and really aren’t? like how some schools say they don’t look at all SAT scores but in reality, they consider all of them?</p>

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<p>@kmatimber2</p>

<p>you’re right that if the school is “need blind” it won’t matter. But I don’t think you’re right about a lot of schools being need blind. Do a search on CC and unfortunately you’ll find it’s not the case.</p>

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<p>Listen to that wikipedia article, few schools in reality are truly “need blind” even though they may claim to be.</p>

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<p>Even when it’s need blind, financial aide still has an impact. No school has unlimited fund, therefore schools will determine how to best use that fund. </p>

<p>If a school is need aware, financial aide will have even a bigger impact on your admission.</p>

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<p>It’s not the act of applying for aid that makes a difference; it’s how much aid you need. If someone applies for aid, but doesn’t qualify, that person is treated the same way as a person who never applied for aid: they’re both full-pay students. If the school does consider financial need in admissions, it considers its bottom line: How much money does this student need compared to how much money we have left?</p>

<p>If you need enough aid to make a difference in admissions, then you need to apply for it anyway. What’s the ponit of getting into a school that you can’t afford?</p>

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<p>Thanks for the information guys.</p>

<p>I know nothing about financial aid because I didn’t apply for it, so I was wondering if that would possibly affect my chances. Why is April 1st not tomorrow!!</p>