Need Blind Admissions Policies

dmallet
Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:27:43 +0000

I am looking for information about schools where financial need policies are unclear. I am very curious about need aware schools. In which schools is financial need a factor? A wikipedia article ([Need-blind admission - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](Need-blind admission - Wikipedia)) about need-blind admission lists schools where financial need is a factor.

Then, how reliable are policies that pledge need-blindness? For example, USC posted a pledge of a need-blind policy in 2009 ([Applications Strong for Fall '09 USC Freshman Class: News Release](http://www.usc.edu/uscnews/newsroom/news_release.php?id=538)). Is this still the policy or was it more like a new year’s resolution?

Thank you for reading this post! Does anyone have any experiences or insights to share regarding this topic?