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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]   Could a kid with a 4.0/4.75 from an MCPS school, SAT of 1530, lots of sports ECs with leadership roles get into one of these two schools ED? I should add - no hooks. [/quote] The ability to ED and potentially full pay is a hook.[/quote]

Aren't both schools need-blind?[/quote]

Yes, of course they are.  Full pay will not help one iota at Bowdoin or Midd.[/quote]

Many need blind schools shift to need aware when selecting students from the wait list. Sometimes financial aid funds are no longer available unless sufficient financial aid funds were freed up by recipients who declined an offer of admission.

So, while it is difficult for many to believe that elite schools are truly need blind, it is almost assuredly so.[/quote]

My dd graduated from Bowdoin a few years ago. They are truly need blind with no loans and were often generous to financial aid students - for example, helping out low-income students from southern states who had no winter boots. A few years ago, two New York City police officers were killed and the NY Yankees took up a collection to provide a college fund for the children of the officers. One son attended Bowdoin and the college basically turned around and rejected the money, saying in effect, “We take care of our own.”

https://gothamist.com/news/bowdoin-college-will-cover-tuition-of-slain-cops-son[/quote]

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