<p>Essays like this might be noticed:</p>
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<p>Of course, it would help to be valedictorian with all A grades in the most rigorous available courses and sky-scraping test scores.</p>
<p>“Need-blind” really means that they won’t reject you because they don’t have enough financial aid money for you. Of course, that is only helpful if the school also “meets full need” (check the net price calculator for an estimate); some schools appear to be “need-blind” in the admissions office, but their generally poor financial aid offers effectively result in “financial aid rejections” for a lot of students (though some may unwisely take out huge loans to attend).</p>