Most colleges are need aware. A small percentage are need blind.
I’d disagree. Most are need blind but you are not including publics. Publics are all need blind.
No, most of them aren’t. Even Alabama.
hmmmm - there’s not a single public schooI know of that takes finances into account in regards to an admissions decision.
@ucbalumnus didn’t say meet need. They said need blind and they are correct.
You may not be able to afford the school that admits you and there’s no assurance they will help you afford it, but they will not take your finances into account when deciding whether or not to admit you.
That doesn’t matter if it’s Michigan, SE Missouri or Black Hills State.
But we are getting off tangent.
A state may require a FAFSA of its students. A college doesn’t.
Per Fast Web, so third party, the following do - seems odd to me but even the schools in those states are need blind.
As of this school year, these are the following states that require students to complete the FAFSA to graduate from high school:
• Alabama
• California
• Connecticut
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Kansas
• Maryland
• Nebraska
• New Jersey
• New York
• Oklahoma
• Texas
NOTE: Kansas students will not be required to complete the form for high school graduation until the 2027 – 28 year.
Can you give an example of a public college or university stated policy of considering financial aid information of individual applicants for admission?
Back to OP, I don’t know about states requiring it for hs graduation - so the counselor can help. But they don’t need it to apply to college.
If your state is one listed on the fastweb link which is third party, you can seek validation by checking your state.
I’m done responding to the open forum because it’s way off topic now, but outside of top schools like UCLA, UCB, MMichigan, Illinois, UVA, and the like, public schools are need aware for admissions. If their policy doesn’t specifically specify need blind, they are by default need aware.
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