Anonymous wrote:Schools that are need aware do consider financial aid status when making acceptance decisions. Need blind schools separate financial aid status from admissions. However, most schools can approximate SES through info from the Common App and many use software such as
Landscape and enrollment management software that provides contextual data about applicant's environment such as if they attend a high FARM high school, the media income of their neighborhood, zip code to determine if most people are owners vs renters, single parents vs married, etc.
https://highered.collegeboard.org/recruitment-admissions/management/landscape
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