How much will a college being need-aware hurt my admsissions chances?

Need-aware schools that meet full need are said to be need blind (for domestic students) until the financial aid budget is depleted. Because GPA/test scores/rank combined can mean little (as low as 20% of admission criteria), it becomes hard to estimate how need affects a given student’s chance of admission. It’s also irrelevant to the application process; it doesn’t affect how much you like a school.