Are colleges really "need-blind"?

ctyankee
Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:58:09 +0000

Admittedly, I have no idea what the approach should be other than it does seem it would be appealing to admit a bunch of full-pay early decision so that you have some dollars locked in thus being able to leverage your limited budget better. If that makes sense (a big if), perhaps I would defer many early-decision/early action needy students. My thought being that I’d rather look at at a ‘fuller’ pool of needy candidates to make the best decision for the entire entering class. Does that make sense?