Maybe - maybe not.
I put the NPC for the four mentioned and others have income plans too - but note a few things:
- up to $200,000 in total assessed parent income and typical assets, based on calculations completed by the Office of Financial Aid.
True story - my kid got into a school (W&L) that at my income, 88% of people got $38K on average. We got none. I asked why - they said - I had more than typical assets. I asked - what’s that. They said 2 x income - hmmmmm - that wasn’t a lot of money. So these plans are a bit misleading.
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Emory just changed to need aware. There’s a reason.
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Only 41% of Emory students got need aid last year - so they’re not looking to give it. For lack of a better term, it’s a rich kid’s school - like Tufts and Wake Forest but not quite as bad. But my guess is, if they are spending big, it’s not on a near $200K family.
Of course OP can apply. I didn’t call out Emory (I don’t believe) other than to say it’s a reach - but new programs like this, in my opinion, are more marketing than realistic - especially when you combine it with changing from need blind to need aware.
In the end, the school published promise isn’t relevant in the sense - you still need a budget. If you can beat the budget, all the bestter.
I would hope that Emory has updated their NPC to show this - so they OP would know if assets disqualify them.
But given they noted Cornell, Penn and secondarily NYU and BU, I higllghted those.
Thanks