Need blind schools and admissions

Applying to College
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<p>-I applied to a need blind, OOS public school.</p>

<p>-I didn’t apply for financial aid, though I would still need scholarship money to attend this school.</p>

<p>-I applied early action, and decisions are supposed to be released next month. ‘VIP candidates’s’ decisions are released on a rolling basis. I was accepted two weeks after applying.</p>

<p>I know need blind schools don’t count consider financial positions against applicants, but can they can they consider them towards applicants? Could it be that part of the reason I got accepted so early was because the school is assuming I can afford their hefty price tag since I didn’t put down my SSN on the Common App?</p>

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<p>Those kind of schools are not need-blind, they are NEED-AWARE and most are pretty upfront about it. A good example is Wesleyan: [Wesleyan</a> shifts away from need-blind policy, citing financial and ethical concerns | Inside Higher Ed](<a href=“http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/06/01/wesleyan-shifts-away-need-blind-policy-citing-financial-and-ethical-concerns]Wesleyan”>http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/06/01/wesleyan-shifts-away-need-blind-policy-citing-financial-and-ethical-concerns)</p>

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<p>Public state schools give away their financial money pretty quickly and then they run out, so if you will need financial aid to attend, you’d best apply ASAP.</p>

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<p>“I didn’t apply for financial aid, though I would still need scholarship money to attend this school.”
If you didn’t check the “will need financial aid” box there may be a problem.
If you can’t afford the school without need-based and/or merit aid, you need to apply right away and see what happens. An acceptance letter without financial aid is pointless… although it shows you “can” make it. It can give you an idea of where else you may apply.</p>

<p>Some schools have rolling admissions: in some cases, they’ll give you an answer 2-3 weeks after you applied, and the earlier you applied, the better. Some OOS schools don’t worry about financial aid since they hardly give any to OOS students - they admit you and then it’s on you to find the money.</p>

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<p>@MYOS1634- There wasn’t any box like that. On the Common App, there was the “enter your SSN if you’re applying for financial aid via FAFSA” thing, but that’s it.</p>

<p>This school is made up of 70% OOS students, so they do tend to give out decent aid to OOS students (avg. aid package is about 20K).</p>

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<p>I suppose there wasn’t a supplement then (where they ask if you’re applying for FA).</p>

<p>If you intend on applying for financial aid, you need to check with them on Monday about how to go about it. Check out the website first though.</p>

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<p>^^ I second contacting the admissions office ASAP and asking about financial aid. Many state schools are able to provide low tuition to in-state residents by charging out-of-state residents more money and providing OOS students with gapped-financial aid, which may not be sufficient for you to attend: [Need</a> Blind, but ‘Gapping’ | Inside Higher Ed](<a href=“http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/11/26/aid]Need”>http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/11/26/aid)</p>

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Not if it was need blind. Acceptance is independent of affordability.<br>

I would think you would know better after your threads about your parents wanting to know where you were applying. :(</p>