<p>I put on the common app that I intended to apply for financial aid. But I may not apply after all. Is that a problem?</p>
<p>It might be a problem if you are applying to schools where admission is “need-aware” and you are a borderline candidate.</p>
<p>Once you decide for sure, you can send an e-mail to the admissions office at the schools you applied to, and let them know if you are no longer applying for financial aid. Like lerkin said, it could make a difference in acceptances.</p>
<p>Do you qualify for need based aid? If NOT, and the school is need aware, they will KNOW that you are not going to be eligible for aid…which is a plus at need aware schools.</p>
<p>I’m applying to three private schools: USC, Tufts, and Stanford. Which are “need-aware”?</p>
<p>As of 2009 Tufts was only mostly need blind. [Need-blind</a> admission - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Need-blind_admission]Need-blind”>Need-blind admission - Wikipedia) You should be able to look up whether they are on their web sites.</p>