People here overestimate the importance of a “need blind” admissions claim. Colleges that claim that are really saying that FA need is not a consideration when looking at an individual applicant – but any selective college that gives its own FA almost certainly will be need-aware for the entire class, and can adjust proxies of FA need in their admissions criteria. For example, legacies tend to be less FA needy than non-legacies, even though some legacies may still be FA needy, so adjusting the weight of legacy consideration will affect the FA need of the resulting admissions class.