Do privates say up front if they are needs blind?

[Anonymous]

I honestly have no idea how this works at most schools. Do applications go into two piles, “needs financial aid” and “no financial aid.” Or if is a school is needs blind, do they let you know up front?

[Anonymous]

Many advertise themselves as need-blind, as in it does not factor into admissions decisions. Whether or not you get as much FA as you need is another story.

[Anonymous]

Of if you need too much aid. They would rather give 3 kids 20% reduction then one kid 60% reduction.

[Anonymous]

Which local schools are need blind? I don’t think it is really much of a thing a local day schools. Maybe Episcopal since it has a huge endowment?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Which local schools are need blind? I don’t think it is really much of a thing a local day schools. Maybe Episcopal since it has a huge endowment?

Episcopal’s endowment is $230 million?!?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Which local schools are need blind? I don’t think it is really much of a thing a local day schools. Maybe Episcopal since it has a huge endowment?

Episcopal’s endowment is $230 million?!?

Episcopal $230 million vs. Sidwell $50 million

[Anonymous]

When the FA and Admissions director are the same, ain’t no way!

[Anonymous]

Some say they are need-blind for admissions. In reality, they are not need-blind for actual attendance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some say they are need-blind for admissions. In reality, they are not need-blind for actual attendance.

They say they are need blind but will tell you they don’t have enough money to give you.

[Anonymous]

The Jack Kent Cooke foundation helps needy kids with financial aid.

[Anonymous]

As far as I am aware, there are no schools locally that are need blind in admissions and commit to meeting financial need. No one can really do that without having major issues. So there are two approaches that schools take on how to handle admissions when there is a limited amount of aid. Some schools (the need blind ones) make admissions decisions without regard to ability to pay. They then decide among those who are admitted how to distribute the financial aid available. It may or may not be given to you as an admitted student. As a practical matter what that means is that a student/family may know that he got admitted but be unable to attend. It also means that a family who has a potential way to make the dollars work without aid will know that the child was admitted and can decide to attend without aid or without full aid. The second approach is to make admissions not need blind and admit only those students seeking aid whose need can be met. The upside of this approach is that you avoid the disappointment of getting into the school but not being able to attend because of money. The downside is that a student will never know that they would have gotten admitted on their merits and it cuts off the opportunity for students to seek other ways to make the $$ work. You can argue which approach is better for any given situation, but I think every school follows one of these approaches.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As far as I am aware, there are no schools locally that are need blind in admissions and commit to meeting financial need. No one can really do that without having major issues. So there are two approaches that schools take on how to handle admissions when there is a limited amount of aid. Some schools (the need blind ones) make admissions decisions without regard to ability to pay. They then decide among those who are admitted how to distribute the financial aid available. It may or may not be given to you as an admitted student. As a practical matter what that means is that a student/family may know that he got admitted but be unable to attend. It also means that a family who has a potential way to make the dollars work without aid will know that the child was admitted and can decide to attend without aid or without full aid. The second approach is to make admissions not need blind and admit only those students seeking aid whose need can be met. The upside of this approach is that you avoid the disappointment of getting into the school but not being able to attend because of money. The downside is that a student will never know that they would have gotten admitted on their merits and it cuts off the opportunity for students to seek other ways to make the $$ work. You can argue which approach is better for any given situation, but I think every school follows one of these approaches.

Which one of those is Sidwell’s policy?

[Anonymous]

SIdwell will waitlist if no money is available. I know of a kid who got waitlisted at many schools because he needed too much aid. Great kid, all around high achiever coming from a k-8.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:SIdwell will waitlist if no money is available. I know of a kid who got waitlisted at many schools because he needed too much aid. Great kid, all around high achiever coming from a k-8.

How about GDS, STA, and NCS?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:SIdwell will waitlist if no money is available. I know of a kid who got waitlisted at many schools because he needed too much aid. Great kid, all around high achiever coming from a k-8.

How about GDS, STA, and NCS?

GDS is not need blind.