In terms of race, changes in financial aid affects black students more than it affects white students. Changes in financial aid affect students from community colleges more than students from four-year schools. Need-blind admissions Need-blind admissions do not consider a student's financial need. In a time when colleges are low on financial funds, it is difficult to maintain need-blind admissions because schools cannot meet the full need of the poor students that they admit. There are different levels of need-blind admissions. Few institutions are fully need-blind. Others are not need-blind for students who apply after certain deadlines, international students, and students from a waitlist. Some institutions are moving away from need-blind admissions so that they can fulfill the full need of the students that are admitted. Meeting the full-need will probably increase the funds for financial aid. For example, Wesleyan University is only need-blind if it has enough money to satisfy the full need of admitted students. Outside the United States In Germany, the main source of student financial aid is the Bundesausbildungsförderungsgesetz, colloquially known as BAFöG. See also College admissions in the United States Scholarship Student financial aid (list of articles on student financial aid in other countries) Transfer admissions in the United States References External links Federal Student Aid. U.S. Department of Education. What College Admissions Offices Really Want on the role of financial aid in admissions, at The New York Times Education finance in the United States