<p>Your schools are all need blind for admissions. However, Sybbie has pointed out an important thing. Just because a school is need blind, it does not mean you’ll get money to meet your need. Most schools are need blind. </p>
<p>If you have the #s to get into schools like Cornell, Stanford, etc, you would probably do just fine at schools that are need aware. Most of those schools are an issue only if you are on the cusp of admissions. Many need aware schools provide very generous aid to those they do accept. They can do this , in part because they plan out who they accept with need. They do not want to accept kids unless they provide a way to for them to meet the cost. Many kids I’ve known have received their best packages from need aware schools. If a school is need blind but does not give need that meets or comes close to meeting that need, you can be in the position of being accepted without being able to come up with the money. And for most out of state public unis, the pickings are scarce, since they fund their kids first for the most part. Also, some schools such as UTexas and UCalifornia are hurting for seats for their own kids to the point of having to turn down qualified applicants which does not sit well with the states. They do not take many oostaters. You have to have something danged special they want to get in there, even without need.</p>