Potential full pay families applying for Financial Aid at Need Aware schools?

[Mwfan1921]

@ECCA2026

I like your idea of asking Peg and Mark directly, which schools told them this. I am going to do that!

Good luck, and keep us updated!!

ETA: Thanks for finding Mark’s affiliations, that is an important barometer of ethics in the counseling industry.

[thumper1]

I’m wondering if this policy is becoming more common…

Another poster started a thread about aid at Wake Forest. Apparently they also require that you apply for aid as an incoming freshman or you can’t receive institutional need based aid in subsequent years.

Wake Forest Financial Aid Policy

Here is a Wake Forest financial aid policy (information is cut and pasted directly from the Common App): Please be aware that by selecting “No” to the question about need-based financial aid, you may be precluded from receiving need-based financial aid for the entirety of your undergraduate career at Wake Forest. Your response to this question does not, however, impact our consideration of you for merit-based scholarships. The question being asked is (cut and paste)… Do you intend to pursue need-based financial aid?* Does anyone know of other universities that have this policy? Note–I am not a fan of the policy, but I would prefer that we not debate the policy. I can already see that unproductive rabbit hole. As with many things on CC…our debate will change nothing.

[jym626]

Please report back here what you find out from them!