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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I will bite and ask a question: are there any need aware schools for high stats kids?  Kid has highest rigor from DC private with excellent grades and 1550 SAT.  We are fully pay (not big donor) and I don’t think it matters much.  [/quote]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Need-blind_admission

[b]U.S. institutions that are not need-blind for U.S. applicants and meet full demonstrated need for certain or all students[/b]
Many reputable institutions that once championed need-blind policies have modified their policies due to rising costs as well as subpar endowment returns. Such institutions include prestigious colleges that do not offer merit-based aid but promise to meet 100% of financial need (mostly through grants). These stated institutions refer to themselves as "need-aware" or "need-sensitive," with policies that detract from their ability to admit and educate all qualified candidates but allow them to meet the full need of all admitted students who qualify for financial aid (many institutions extend this policy to all students).[53]

For instance, at Macalester College, Mount Holyoke College and Smith College, at least 95% of students are admitted without financial need being a factor, but a slim percentage, generally students who are waitlisted or who have borderline qualifications, are reviewed in consideration of the college's projected financial resources. All three colleges grant all admitted students financial aid packages meeting 100% of need.[54] At Wesleyan University, attempted shifts to a "need-aware" admission policy have resulted in protests by the school's student body.[55]

Some institutions only meet the full need for students who are domestic US residents and/or are eligible for US federal financial aid, as proven by the applicant's FAFSA and CSS profile. A few only meet the full need of students under specific demographics who are considered "economically disadvantaged" and may not be guaranteed to meet the full need of other students. Do note that some colleges don't state their financial aid admissions policy, so they're sorted into the need-aware category. The following schools fall into this category:

Alma College (Detroit high school students only)[56]
American University (may not meet full need for transfer students)[57]
Aquinas College (3.4 GPA and an SAT score of 1100 or ACT equivalent or higher required)[58]
Bard College (only for historically economically disadvantaged in-state first-year students)[59]
Bates College
Boston University (may not meet full need for international students)[60]
Bryn Mawr College
California State University, Long Beach[61]
Carleton College
Case Western Reserve University
Colby College
Colgate University
College of the Holy Cross[62]
Colorado College
Connecticut College[63]
DePauw University (in-state students seeking financial aid only)[64]
Dickinson College[65]
Franklin and Marshall College
George Washington University (lower-income first-year students of the District of Columbia who qualify for the D.C. Tuition Assistance Grant only)[66]
Gettysburg College (select academically excelling, underrepresented minority, first-generation, first-year students only as part of the Gettysburg College STEM Scholars program)[67]
Haverford College[68]
Hendrix College (3.6 GPA and an ACT score of 26 or higher or an SAT score of 1230 or higher required)[69]
Hobart and William Smith Colleges (early decision applicants only)[70]
Kenyon College
Lafayette College[71]
Macalester College
Mount Holyoke College
National University of Natural Medicine[72]
Northeastern University (may not meet full need for international students)[73]
Oberlin College
Occidental College
Ohio State University (only in-state students who qualify for the Pell Grant have the full need met)[74]
Ohio Wesleyan University (Charles Thomas Scholars only)[75]
Pitzer College
Reed College
Saint Joseph's University (select underrepresented students only as part of the STEM^2 Scholarship Program)[76]
Sewanee: The University of the South[77]
Scripps College
Skidmore College[78]
Smith College
St. Olaf College[79]
Thomas Aquinas College
Stonehill College (Cathedral High School (Boston) graduates only) [80]
Trinity College
Trinity University (only for San Antonio Independent School District students)[81]
Tufts University[82]
Union College
University of Miami[83]
University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh public high school valedictorians and salutatorians as part of the Pittsburgh Public Scholars program only)[84]
University of Puget Sound (Tacoma public high school students only)[85]
University of Rochester[86]
Washington & Jefferson College (only in-state students who are eligible for the Pennsylvania State Grant, and have a 3.7+ GPA plus an SAT score of 1200 or an ACT score of 27)[87]
Washington & Lee University
Wesleyan University
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Worcester public high school students eligible for the Pell Grant as part of the Great Minds/Compass Scholars Program only)[88][/quote]

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