Are colleges really "need-blind"?

bluebayou
Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:54:17 +0000

mahi is correct. The number of needy students does not change year-after-year after year.



Look at when HYP announced their monster FA increases two years ago.



The number of poor matriculants did not change. H & Y just started giving a $ discount to kids higher up the income scale. Thus, the number on need-based aid went up, but they just changed the definition to increase the number of eligibles, up to $180k income, in Harvard’s case.



ertainly they all saw a huge increase in applicants from middle class backgrounds.



Perhaps true, but there is: 1) no evidence of same (besides the spin of the colleges); 2) no evidence that these kids were accepted.

ihs: Reed was not need-blind…