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[quote=Anonymous]Took DC on tours of many colleges this spring.

After an info session at one Top 20 National University that purports to be Need Blind in admissions and Meets-Full-Need with respect to Financial Aid, I asked how exactly they implement their Need Blind admissions policy.  Specifically asked whether the AOs during admissions review could see the box on the Common App where the applicant indicates whether or not they intend to seek financial aid.  The answer:  Yes, we can see it, but we don't let that factor into our admissions decision.

Subsequently visited a Top 5 LAC, also purportedly Need Blind.  Asked the exact same question, and got the exact same answer.  The AOs can see which applicants will be seeking Financial Aid, although they claim to not be privy to information about who actually qualifies for aid and how much.

Interestingly, both of these schools told me that they "shade out", or make invisible to AOs, the box on the Common App where race is indicated, in order not to run afoul of the Supreme Court's ruling a couple of years ago that race cannot be considered in admissions decisions. So, these schools have the technical capability of shading out certain boxes on the Common App from admissions reviewers, if they so choose.

But they don't shade out the "intend to seek financial aid" box on the Common App, even though they claim to be Need Blind.  This leads me to conclude their claims of being Need Blind are a farce.

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