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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am an alum of a selective SLAC, although not Amherst-tier. Let's say Colby-tier. I know first-hand that our need blind college is financially challenged, even with a strong endowment. If they need to send kids home this year, or if this pandemic continues to impact programming into the 2021-2022 academic year, I think need the blind policy might need to be re-evaluated, at least for waitlist candidates.[/quote]

I know you are not saying otherwise, but Colby is not need blind.  So if your college is need-blind, it is likely above "Colby tier" (which is a high tier indeed).

This sub-thread has spun off but the need-blind statements made were specifically about Amherst, and the endowment per student data was presented and linked to show that Amherst is unlikely to change that policy regardless of reduced enrollment for this year.

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they never said Colby. I went to a SLAC that's top 10 according to us news, but not Amherst, so similar to Colby. We're need blind, but I know from friends both on the board and working there that there is a big concern that they won't be able to stay need bling. A lot of people are underestimating the damage covid is doing to budgets even of well endowed schools [/quote]

Assuming you are DP.  Please read what was typed.  PP absolutely "said colby" as in "colby-tier".  I responded [i]"I know you are not saying otherwise, but Colby is not need blind.  So if your college is need-blind, it is likely above "Colby tier"  This sub-thread has spun off but the need-blind statements made were specifically about Amherst, and the endowment per student data was presented and linked to show that Amherst is unlikely to change that policy regardless of reduced enrollment for this year.
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Top colleges do occasionally change from need blind to need aware (Wesleyan for example).  Amherst has 3X the EPS as Colby and 4X as Wes.  They are extremely unlikely to change from need blind in the next admissions cycle and to hope or count on that is foolish.

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