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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes of course, it signals full pay.[/quote]

Why would it need to "signal" anything?

Need aware schools get all the finance info and the small number of need blind/meet full need schools don't consider.[/quote]

Yes but full pay is more complicated than that. They are looking for other signals.
Schools are looking for potential donors/ speakers/ networkers or ppl who will employ graduates. We are seeing how hard it is for grads to get jobs…

Our college counselor said it was important for both parents to have updated LinkedIn with clear senior leadership/executive titles conveyed in job titles in common app.

The signaling is very important for AO (many of who do look at LinkedIn after 1st pass). The $$$ privilege may not hurt at all at certain private colleges and can actually help.
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Please name which schools look at these factors. Or is this the rumor mill?[/quote]

It’s pretty easy to figure out if you parse through data….

Vanderbilt; Rice; Cornell; Dartmouth; WashU[/quote]

Np.
There are some crazy stats in this post:  Where the elite study: The
T30 for Selective Prep School
Matriculants

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/s/cbRm13RkEp[/quote]

Private college admissions & private high schools:
Historically, by forming relationships with guidance counselors at wealthier high schools, colleges could be statistically sure that on average, and over time, they would receive a more affluent applicant pool, which made it easier to stretch their financial aid budgets.

this is important bc beginning in the 1990s college administrators decided it would be good marketing for them to financially support all admitted students, but it's easier to keep that promise when the financial need of the class is low, or at least trends steadily year to year.

this is why you didn't see many recruiting trips of elite college AOs to very low-income parts of the country - not because it's a bad idea, but because it would put extra strain on the financial aid pool.
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