How much does applying for financial aid hurt you at a need aware college

OP’s chance me thread is here, OP is a domestic student:

OP, U Mich is need blind.

Regardless a school is need blind or need aware, you have to run the NPCs to see if they would be affordable. Does your family qualify for any need based aid? If not, and your budget is lower than a school’s COA, you will need to apply to schools that give merit.

If you do have any need aware colleges on your list and have financial need, that may impact the admissions decision. These schools decide which applicants they will ‘invest’ in.

Also, you will get better answers/more help from posters the more you participate in your threads.

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