<p>I know that Thumper started a similar thread about 6 months ago, but his thread basically asked for FASFA only schools that met need. For those of us with average incomes but soaring home equity FASFA schools that gap by a few thousand dollars may be more realistic than profile schools. We keep hearing that for those with Home equity it is wise to apply to FASFA only schools, but I haven’t seen anyone specifically give us good FASFA only schools. Include all schools not just the most prestigious. </p>
<p>With one son off to college in the Fall it’s too late to look. But I have two more off to school within the next 8 years. I think this thread could help many of us in the future. I’ve seen the thread for schools with disappointing aid. Can anyone share their schools with decent aid? I think the following info will cover it all. Remember FASFA only</p>
<p>School, COA, Your Federal EFC, Aid ( grants/loans/WS), gap</p>
<p>Since many private Profile schools now cap home equity, I wouldn’t write them off. Depending on how they treat equity, some can end up costing less than public schools that have less need-based aid, and don’t consider equity at all. </p>
<p>That said, UCLA met full need for us, heavily weighted in favor of grants over loans.</p>
<p>i think that baylor is fafsa only so you might check with them. they used to have a merit aid calculator so you can also check out their merit aid award possibilities. not sure if they do, but you can check. </p>
<p>sblake7 makes a good point since there is sometimes generous aid at the profile schools too. don’t rule out the ones with very competitive admissions since they can sometimes offer good f/a packages. </p>
<p>try peterson’s.com website…the search engine there lets you search by admissions selectivity. looking at average f/a awarded can be helpful.</p>
<p>Well…DD got a great merit scholarship at U of South Carolina. In addition to the scholarship money, it reduced her tuition to the instate rate. </p>
<p>I know you’re looking for need based information, but don’t discount merit programs like this. If she had gone there, our total cost for each year would have been under $10,000.</p>