I've heard doing away with need-blind aid & admission really changed Oberlin

dave72
Mon, 05 Mar 2007 00:27:01 +0000

This is absolutely not true. A total fiction. Oberlin was NEVER entirely need-blind–VERY few LACs or universities can afford to be–but the only admissions decisions which are at all affected by financial status are the admits from the waitlist (when the financial aid budget for the year has been exhausted). All regular admissions decisions are made need-blind, Oberlin continues to have a very generous financial aid budget, and every admitted student receives financial aid to meet his or her full need as reflected by the FAFSA.