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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All the top 20 private schools are genuinely need blind during the admissions process. Obviously one can get strong clues about a family’s financial status from the zip code and the high school. But that doesn’t factor in admissions. At all. These schools generally want the best students available from a broad variety of backgrounds. And they have the resources to make it happen.

It’s in no T20 school’s interest to become known as a rich kid school. That’s how you become Occidental or Pepperdine. And you’ve lost the middle class kids that eventually donates a 100 million for a new lab. The finances work just fine for need blind T20 schools.

I’d run the NPC calculator at the schools the student is interested in. You might be surprised. They tend to give excellent aid, even for families earning $250,000. I wouldn’t count on merit though. The Ivies don’t give any and scholarships at schools like Duke, Vanderbilt, Rice, Chicago and so on are ridiculously competitive. For reliable merit for top students you need to go below the top 30 or so.[/quote]

No they're not genuinely need blind, you're deluding yourself.  Ex. A: Dalton has 10 kids going to Harvard this cycle.  [/quote]

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