<p>I imagine fewer students will apply, at least those at the lower end of the economic scale, that this will then hurt diversity, that all this will negatively impact rankings, and that lower rankings could negatively affect fundraising, which seems to defeat the purpose of the switch to need-aware in the first place </p>
<p>… to say nothing of how “un-Wesleyan” ALL of this is on the face of it!</p>
<p>By how much might application numbers, rankings, etc. be affected? Hard to say, obviously, but educated speculation would be interesting to consider.</p>