Seek Financial Aid for all colleges or just some?

Schools don’t need to be looking up the addres on Zillow or researching the area you live in for SES. If they want to be need aware, all they have to do is say “hey, we’re need aware - tell us how much your house is worth.” Most schools that give a good deal of need based aid use the CSS and can ask and consider anything they want. They aren’t digging through records on the internet.