Chance me for MIT or Columbia and other colleges (Junior) [3.9 UW, 1540 SAT, Biology/pre-med, TX student]

This depends on the college. For “most schools”, I would say no.

  1. For colleges that guarantee to meet full need for all, you probably will get some need based aid…depending on your assets. Income isn’t the only thing used to calculate awarding of need based aid.
  2. For colleges that don’t guarantee to meet full need for all, you could get some need based aid, and you might not get a dime.

Run the net price calculators on each college website for an estimate of your aid and net costs. Just keep in mind that for the 2027-2028 academic year (your freshman year in college if you are a junior now) will use income from tax year 2025. So either figure that out, or use as a very gross estimate.

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