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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The process is referred to as the "shaping of the class." See, e.g., Jeff Selingo's Who Gets In and Why.[/quote]
I have also been told by other parents on the advancement committee at my alma matter that, while it is a need-blind institution, it is need blind on the "first pass," that is, during the reading of the app, but perhaps not at later stages. This seems to fit with the back end "shaping" of the class discussed by Selingo.[/quote]

I've got the Selingo book right here.  Can you tell me the page where he says need blind colleges aren't need blind?

[quote]There’s some bad and naive guidance here that may have been true 5 years ago but isn’t how things are working now.

Every former AO will tell you full pay matters a lot now. Even for T20.

The world is different.[/quote]

No they won't, no it isn't, and if it did you would show evidence.[/quote]
DP. The problem with asking for evidence (setting aside the urge to respond with a silly retort like "ma'am, this is a Wendy's"), is that the back end of the process is closely guarded. Enrollment management algorithms are proprietary trade secrets. Top schools are not interested in publicizing how the sausage is made. They are under pressure to maintain "need blind" claims.

See also The Price of Admission by Golden.[/quote]

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