I don’t know Emma Willard enough to draw a conclusion, so don’t think this is my “verdict” of the school. I just wanted to point out that the percentage of student body on FA alone is not a reliable indicator of how committed a school is to draw students from different socioeconomic background, or accept students on merits with less concern of their ability to pay the tuition. For example, Sarah Lawrence College offers FA to almost 75% of their students, higher than the most generous need blind colleges. Sarah Lawrence is not considered the most generous college however. Why? Because in the FA world, there are other factors to consider in addition to percentages of students on FA. For example, is the school using FA as a way to provide a discount to a large portion of students off an inflated sticker price, is the school “gapping” or estimating a family’s ability to pay inaccurately, is the school using FA as merit scholarships to attract students of high stats, etc.