Demonstrated need is when an institution that commits to meeting the full financial need of admitted students, as determined by a thorough assessment of their financial circumstances.

Includes:

• cost of attendance

• room

• board

• tuitions

• fees

• etc

All ivy league schools meet 100% demonstrated need

Other options:

Selective Liberal Arts Colleges:

• Amherst College (MA)

• Williams College (MA)

• Swarthmore College (PA)

• Pomona College (CA)

• Bowdoin College (ME)

• Haverford College (PA)

• Claremont McKenna College (CA)

• Vassar College (NY)

• Colby College (ME)

• Washington and Lee University (VA)

• Grinnell College (IA)

• Hamilton College (NY)

• Middlebury College (VT)

• Davidson College (NC)

• Carleton College (MN)

• Bates College (ME)

• Macalester College (MN)

• Harvey Mudd College (CA)
  

Women’s Colleges:

• Wellesley College (MA)

• Barnard College (NY)

• Smith College (MA)

• Mount Holyoke College (MA)

• Bryn Mawr College (PA)
  

Private Research Universities

• Stanford University (CA)

• Duke University (NC)

• Northwestern University (IL)

• University of Chicago (IL)

• Vanderbilt University (TN)

• Rice University (TX)

• MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) (MA)

• Caltech (California Institute of Technology) (CA)

• University of Notre Dame (IN)

• Emory University (GA)

• Georgetown University (DC)

• University of Southern California (CA)

• Johns Hopkins University (MD)

• Tufts University (MA)