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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are 3 categories of students:

1) Kids who apply for aid
2) Kids who are full pay
3) Kids who are potential big donors.

A school can be need blind and still preferentially admit kids from category #3.  [/quote]

Don't kid yourself, they know your zip code and what HS you attended, they know if you are truly full pay or not [/quote]

Agree. And they know more about you than zip code and HS. It's why their admissions offices are so well funded with hundreds of employees.[/quote]

Yup!  I truly do not believe anywhere is fully "need blind".  Fact is, colleges have a formula for how much "grants/aid" they will provide for each incoming freshman class.  If anything, they'd prefer to err on the side of "we have more full pay kids than we needed".  And if they end up with less one year, I bet they adjust the next year.  Fact is someone paying $90K/year is helping to ensure there is more money for grants/merit for every other student.  And no, no school is going to use their endowment to pay for everyone to attend for free.  They are a business and function accordingly.

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