<p>Could folks please list any schools they know of that meet full financial need, but require ONLY the FAFSA (no Profile, and no school generated finaid application)? This question was posed on a different thread and I’m putting it out to anyone who may have information that could help a future student.</p>
<p>UCLA met full need for us, based on FAFSA EFC.</p>
<p>But does UCLA guarantee to meet full need for ALL applicants? I don’t think so.</p>
<p>No, they don’t. But they did in our case, with no special circumstances.</p>
<p>Sorry, I misread that you stated no additional college forms. I was just going to remind you about those.</p>
<p>OK…so far no one has indicated a college that guarantees to meet full financial need based ONLY on the FAFSA. I’m bumping this up to see if anyone knows of such schools.</p>
<p>SBlake…there are students at ALL schools who have their financial need met. What I’m looking for here are schools that guarantee to meet full need using ONLY the FAFSA (no Profile, no school form).</p>
<p>I’'m bumping this to the top (again) to see if anyone knows of any schools that guarantee to meet full need for all admitted students…but use only the FAFSA.</p>
<p>As far as I know, there aren’t any FAFSA only schools that meet 100% of need.</p>
<p>Chedva, I also do not know of any schools that meet full need with ONLY the FAFSA. BUT this was a question posed on another thread. In particular, this was posed due to the fact that a non-custodial parent would not pay a cent for college (and had large resources) and the custodial parent simply could not afford a very expensive college bill (few resources). Someone was looking for a school that met full need with only the FAFSA…so that the non-custodial parent was a non-issue. Perhaps someone else has information neither of the two of us has…which is why I keep bumping this up to the top.</p>
<p>Actually, I think I found one: Berea College in Kentucky.
Of course, if your EFC is higher than that, you can’t go to Berea.
[Berea</a> College - Prospective Students - Admission Requirements](<a href=“http://www.berea.edu/prospectivestudents/admissioninfo/requirements.asp]Berea”>http://www.berea.edu/prospectivestudents/admissioninfo/requirements.asp)</p>
<p>And then there’s Cooper Union and Olin in MA, where every student gets a full tuition scholarship.</p>
<p>Thanks Chedva…some info!!</p>
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<p>The above is from the Cooper Union Website. Looks like they use the Profile to award institutional aid above the cost of tuition.</p>
<p>Olin does give full tuition scholarships to students who are accepted. There are still the costs of room/board/fees/other. The full cost of attendance at Olin is estimated to be about $49K with the tuition scholarship at $33k…leaving about $16K balance. They DO use only the FAFSA to award need based aid. However, you have to want to be an engineer to go to Olin.</p>
<p>If you are a musician, you can consider Curtis and Colburn. Colburn pays everything including room and board, and tuition (although truthfully I can’t find anything on their website that says this). Curtis gives full tuition scholarships, but no stipends for housing/room board. Curtis uses the FAFSA only for additional aid. If Colburn gives tuition/room/board, I can’t see what would be left to pay!!</p>
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<p>books, medical, transportation, pizza, beer</p>
<p>at Colburn, I would assume strings or reeds, sheet music, etc. are probably in excess of the pizza/beer budget. ;)</p>
<p>This isn’t what you were looking for, but still might be helpful. I think these are colleges that meet 100% of need and do not require the PROFILE, but do require the FAFSA and a school-generated financial aid application. So it all depends on what’s in that school form. It could be that schools that use their own forms rather than the PROFILE are able to give more personal attention to custodial issues…</p>
<p>Beloit College
Depauw University
Grinnell College
Lake Forest College
Princeton University
University of the South (Sewanee)</p>
<p>DePauw requires FAFSA and either the Profile or their form–your choice. Their form is 1-1/2 pages; very simple. MUCH less onerous than Profile. Their merit and need aid is fairly generous.</p>
<p>Well…so far we haven’t really come up with ANY school that guarantees to meet full need for all students with ONLY a FAFSA (no Profile or school form required).</p>
<p>Thumper, I looked at this some years ago with a friend, and found none. This may have changed. I have not gone through the lists in 8 years. However, I really doubt that is the case.</p>
<p>According to my school newsletter, starting this year UDel will meet full need based on FAFSA for in-state students only. I think there is a 15k or 20k loan limit going into effect, too.</p>
<p>Not that many CCers live in Delaware; but maybe your state has a similar hidden program?</p>
<p>Thumper, </p>
<p>DS goes to such a school. 100% of need is met, FAFSA with only a short supplemental form, copy of 1040, no fees to apply for FA. Home equity is excluded from assets. Loan/work study is capped at $4000. Outside scholarships reduce loan first, then WS, then grant.</p>
<p>[University</a> of Richmond: Need-Based Financial Aid](<a href=“http://admissions.richmond.edu/financial/need_based.html]University”>http://admissions.richmond.edu/financial/need_based.html)</p>
<p>standrews…what is on the supplemental form? The ones I’m familiar with ask for information similar to the Profile. Does U of Richmond ask for non-custodial parent info? This information would be very helpful for students.</p>
<p>In my experience schools that meet full need have something beside the FAFSA…either the Profile OR their own financial aid form.</p>