Liberal Arts Safeties

tk21769
Sat, 03 Dec 2011 17:17:38 +0000

Would a less selective school offer me better financial aid because my stats are a bit higher than the average applicant?



That’s generally not how need-based aid is supposed to work. Not that there aren’t ever cases where families persuade a school to up the ante (say, to compete with another school’s offer). Being in the top percentiles surely can’t hurt in these cases.

If you look at the Kiplinger listings of average need-based aid packages and average debt at graduation, in general, the more selective the school, the better it does by both measures.
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