Should we trust need blind admissions?

marvin100
Tue, 29 Dec 2015 02:17:28 +0000

@marvin100 In post #9 you say that you have been doing “this” full time for 13 years and you are emphatic that “schools that say they are need-blind really mean need-blind.” But then in post #11 you equivocate and say that there is a possibility that Bev Taylor is right…

“In my experience” is a qualifier. I have a lot of experience, but I’m still just one person, so by writing “in my experience” I’m making as clear as possible that there are limits to my knowledge. Qualification and honest lack of absolute certainty is not the same as equivocation. That said, I stand by my analysis of the linked opinion piece; it’s lazy and unconvincing.

Please, is there anyone out there that actually works in an admission committee of an elite “needs blind” university (HYPSM, etc.) that can put this issue to rest??

That will never happen. It would result in the poster being fired. This issue will never be “put […] to rest” barring a major investigation and expose.