Are colleges really "need-blind"?

ihs76
Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:46:25 +0000

Reed was not need-blind



Oops. Sorry. Was Reed the college that went back and redid 5% of their acceptees and changed them to full pay after the initial acceptance go around? I think that’s why I thought they were need-blind.



A friend of mine firmly believes that acceptances for students NOT asking for aid is higher than those looking for FA…she says these universities are afterall businesses…she feels not asking for aid increases the likelyhood of admits

I’ve wondered. If we get any FA which is not likely, it won’t be more than few thousand at most. But few thousand a year is real money. On the other hand, I think you have to apply in order to qualify for some of the (even non subsidized) loans?