Financially safe LAC's

Kudryavka
Mon, 05 Dec 2011 23:18:00 +0000

Are you looking for merit aid or need-based aid? If the latter, Vassar is probably the most affordable school you could find without looking at schools with single digit acceptance rates. Plenty of other top LACs also meet full need, but most require a minimum student contribution of somewhere between $1,000 and $2,500, which Vassar doesn’t. If you want to look at the other colleges that meet full need for accepted students, go here. [Which Colleges Claim to Meet Students’ Full Financial Need? - US News and World Report](http://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/paying-for-college/articles/2011/02/16/which-colleges-claim-to-meet-students-full-financial-need)

If you’re looking for merit aid, you’ll need to lower your sights significantly and apply to schools where your scores are above the 90th percentile. There are lots of threads that list guaranteed merit scholarships at various state universities.