<p>Yes, it is a contradiction. See: <a href=“http://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/the-college-admissions-insider/2011/07/18/need-blind-admissions-fact-or-fiction[/url]”>http://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/the-college-admissions-insider/2011/07/18/need-blind-admissions-fact-or-fiction</a></p>
<p>“Absent any independent audits of an institution’s selection process, of which there are none, it is difficult, if not impossible, to know when and how a student’s need might be factored into an admissions decision.”</p>