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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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[/quote]

I had no idea!  Thank you for this.

How does that work out for boarding school students?

Or do parents have to list their home address in the Common App?  Should use PO Box?  [/quote]

For boarding school they use the school and home address. Kids are asked for their permanent address and parents domicile on the Common App. Because most boarding schools are well resourced, AOs have higher academic expectations of students but many are also feeder schools to elite college. However, if the student lives in a low-income neighborhood, that would also be considered. I think using a PO Box would look like you are hiding something. But it could also signal wealth. [/quote]

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