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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So need-blind is a farce?  Does being needy, coming from financially disadvantaged circumstances, help or hurt?  It would seem much fairer to simply unblind the need angle -- at least that would be accurate information rather than guesses based on secondary measurements.[/quote]

Only about ten colleges are both need-blind AND meet the full demonstrated need for every student they admit. About another 90 are need-blind but do not commit to meeting 100% of demonstrated need. So for all intents and purposes, the need angle has been unblind-ed already. https://www.cappex.com/index.php/articles/match-fit/need-blind-admission-colleges

Overcoming difficult circumstances / demonstrating extraordinary 'grit' (for lack of a better word) can be a plus. So can being the first in your family to attend college, regardless of your environmental index score. There are limits to how much that would help a particular candidate because different colleges have different budgets available for financial aid.

And on the whole, students who come from financially or socially disadvantaged circumstances still borrow more to go to school than the middle class or donut hole students. [/quote]

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