How need blind is need blind

mazewanderer
Fri, 01 Jan 2010 15:36:02 +0000

I agree with Kameronsmith

Put it another way, schools that say that they are need blind are schools that usually have a holistic approach and they look at everything that reflects about you as a potential student, not your ability to pay. Even if they infer that you need aid (based on what they see in your application: for example if you have mentioned something about your need in your essay), that decision on FA is not theirs to make and once they make an admission decision, the FA office takes over. If ability to pay was a prime consideration in those schools, the whole Questbridge program would not exist. So if you are apply to a school that claims that it is need blind, you should have faith that will keep its word.