Need aware transfer trouble

Paying for College
1

<p>I’m applying to a few schools (Brown, Cornell, NYU, Johns Hopkins) and they are all need aware. My family doesn’t have much and I am an independent student, so this is really going to count against me when they consider whether to let me in or not. If I don’t apply for financial aid through these schools how much can I count on from the government? What other sources are there for funds? Any recommendations on what to do?</p>

2

<p>Are Brown and Cornell “need aware”? I thought they were need blind.</p>

<p>As for NYU…I wouldn’t expect much from them. They might accept you, but they probably won’t give you the aid that you need. NYU is notoriously bad with aid.</p>

3

<p>I know that B is need aware for transfers, but I’m not seeing anything on the other websites that say that they are:</p>

<p>[NYU</a> > Undergraduate Admissions > Applying for Admission > Transfer Applicants > The Transfer Admission Process](<a href=“How to Apply”>How to Apply)</p>

<p>[Hopkins</a> Undergraduate Admissions :: Apply :: Applying to Hopkins](<a href=“http://apply.jhu.edu/apply/apply.html]Hopkins”>http://apply.jhu.edu/apply/apply.html)</p>

<p>[Cornell</a> University Undergraduate Admissions Office - HOW TO APPLY](<a href=“http://admissions.cornell.edu/apply/transfer/index.cfm]Cornell”>http://admissions.cornell.edu/apply/transfer/index.cfm)</p>

<p>Are you sure they are? Not doubting you, I just hadn’t heard that over on the Transfer Students forum. If you have some links to this information I’d be grateful as I try to stay up to date about transfer issues.</p>

4

<p>m2ck,
Yes B is need aware for transfers:</p>

<p><a href=“https://financialaid.brown.edu/Cmx_Content.aspx?cpId=56[/url]”>https://financialaid.brown.edu/Cmx_Content.aspx?cpId=56&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>I concur, even if NYU isn’t need aware, they offer lousy FA.</p>

5

<p>Ahh…good to know.</p>

6

<p>

</p>

<p>Have you run your numbers through a calculator? I dont think you can count on much from the government aside from the Pell Grant (if your EFC is low) and Stafford Loans. That’s only about $11,000 in total. </p>

<p>I think you should def apply for FA. there’s no use getting in if you can’t go or have to take on a mountainload of debt from private lenders to go.</p>

7

<p>I can answer for NYU…their full cost of attendance is about $58,000 year. Their top scholarships are merit based, at $25,000. The have a FEW very competitive scholarships that are “full tuition” (very low income, first generation, AnBryce…for example). But that still leaves about $4000 in “board” and $9,000-$15,000 housing.</p>

8

<p>So it turns out Cornell is need blind, as well as NYU. JH and Brown are NOT though.</p>

9

<p>Can you supply the link for JHU? Many thanks!</p>