<p>As I stated before, for the relatively few, well-endowed, need-blind schools, they do NOT look at whether the FA box is check or at FA materials (FAFSA or Profile) submitted by the student. Any school that is need-aware can look at the FA information submitted by the student on their FAFSA and Profile documents. Do you want me to list schools here?? If that’s what you’re looking for here are two articles that give examples and discuss the relative abundance of need-blind and need-aware schools:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/31/education/31college.html?pagewanted=all[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/31/education/31college.html?pagewanted=all</a></p>
<p>[News:</a> A Retreat From ?Need Blind? - Inside Higher Ed](<a href=“http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/04/06/tufts]News:”>http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/04/06/tufts)</p>
<p>Every Hispanic student does NOT check the FA box. But if hypothetically they did, colleges routinely use information such as: zip code, HS (private, underserved, % subsidized lunches, etc.), profession and educational level of parents, summer programs attended (eg. there’s a big difference between the SES of students attending Harvard’s SSP and MIT’s MITES), ECs, essays, etc. to differentiate between the economic situations of applicants.</p>
<p>x-posted withe YDS</p>