Wash U Is Distasteful!

nervous1
Fri, 09 Mar 2007 10:37:07 +0000

People, don’t kid yourselves about need-blind schools. They “eyeball” applications and figure out the odds that a student is going to need financial aid. They assume that if you are an Urban URM you probably are applying for aid and that if you come from a school in an upscale neighborhood or a fancy prep school that you will be paying most, if not all of the way. A friend of mine who applied to a “need blind” top ranked school last year was deferred from ED and then got a phone call before regular decision time. The admissions rep asked her whether she was applying for financial aid. She told them no. The acceptance arrived one week later!