Are colleges really "need-blind"?

ctyankee
Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:10:23 +0000

Probably the best ‘sign’ is a school that accepts student before requiring student/parents financial info.

As to the student’s address and school being indicators … yup. Also, I doubt they overlook looking at the job titles and companies that employ the parents. Do they look at other things? I don’t know. But, if a student’s parents shelled out 5-10K to send their kid to a two week course at that school in the summertime … it might just be an indicator of ability to pay when the kid goes to apply. I can’t kill a school for looking at that as it might allow them to afford to take another underprivileged kid (in the case of a school with capped funds).