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Andover kept its need-blind admission policy, which had started just a couple of years ago. IMO, nothing “comes for free” though. Facing the same financial market meltdown and uncertain future as other schools, they must’ve had to tighten up in other areas to make the need-blind initiative in place. Was it the best strategy or move? I think different people may have different takes on that, but it just shows these schools are not run by the same board of trustees. And that’s the advantage of having a large enough endowment (and I agree with you on that all the top schools are very strong financially) so they can keep their priorities even in bad times (for a while at least).</p>