So these schools should be reviewed - they’re all high end so perhaps she’s not there due to the low ACT (although your school doesn’t offer many which helps) - these meet 100% of need. They’re all stretches except maybe Lehigh…but take a look.
Amherst College- Bowdoin College
- Brown University
- Colby College
- Columbia University
- Davidson College
- Harvard University
- Johns Hopkins
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- Northwestern University
- Pomona College
- Princeton University
- Stanford University
- Swarthmore College
- University of Chicago
- University of Pennsylvania
- US Air Force Academy
- US Military Academy (West Point)
- US Naval Academy
- Vanderbilt University
- Washington and Lee University
- Yale University
| Colgate University | Aid is loan-free if your parents’ total income is less than $125,000. |
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| Cornell University | Aid is loan-free if your parents’ total income is less than $60,000 and total assets are less than $100,000. |
| Dartmouth College | Aid is loan-free if your parents earn less than $100,000. Your family will not be expected to make any financial contribution. |
| Duke University | Aid is loan-free if your parents earn less than $40,000. Your family will not be expected to make any financial contribution. |
| Haverford College | Aid is loan-free if your parents earn less than $60,000. Families making more than this threshold can expect small loans ranging from $1,500 to $3,000 a year. |
| Lafayette College | Aid is often loan-free if your parents earn less than $100,000. |
| Lehigh University | Aid is loan-free if your parents earn less than $75,000. Loans are capped at $5,000 per academic year. |
| Rice University | Aid is loan-free if your parents earn less than $130,000. Students whose parents make less than $65,000 will receive coverage for tuition, fees, room, and board, whereas those whose parents make between $65,001 and $130,000 will receive full coverage for tuition only. |
| Tufts University | Aid is typically loan-free for students with total family incomes of less than $60,000. All other students qualifying for financial aid can expect to have a maximum of $7,000 in loans per year. |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Low-income North Carolina students may qualify for aid without loans through the Carolina Covenant. |
| Vassar College | Aid is loan-free for students from low-income families. |
| Washington University in St. Louis | Aid is loan-free if your parents earn less than $75,000. |
| Wellesley College | Aid is loan-free if your calculated family contribution is less than $7,000 and your parents earn less than $60,000. All other students qualifying for financial aid can expect to have a maximum of $15,200 in loans over four years. |
| Wesleyan University | Aid is loan-free if your parents earn less than $60,000 with typical assets. |
| Williams College | Aid is loan-free if parents earn less than $75,000 with typical assets. For everyone else, loans are capped at $4,000 per academic year. |