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[quote=Anonymous]A T20 AO (retired/now in private college counseling practice) told me that AOs do look "favorably" on certain markers of wealth and that it's inevitable that a large number of successful applicants will always be wealthy and full pay. After all, half the class is full pay. How do they do that each year? Think about it.

"Need blind" is not the same as "need ignorant". There are plenty of “tells” or markers throughout an application that can point pretty firmly in one direction or the other as to whether the person likely applied or would need for FA (including parents' education, professions, and type of school) that don't even get past the biographical info.

Rather than try and hide your story of privilege, it's something that you should wear and showcase how you've done so much with what you've been given. Her point was that wealth markers aren't something bad and can be helpful when "shaping" the class in other ways - in terms of signaling to AO.

Wealth markers we discussed in our meeting = boarding school, private prep school, certain ECs (squash, sailing, equestrian, water polo, ice skating, golf, tennis (at IMG), summer programs in Switzerland, etc).  So don't hide it, find a way to show immense achievement and growth and the EC can serve two purposes in the application process.

Remember, each T20 has an enrollment management division that parses through the data before they even look at the app - enrollment management is probably the most important function in college admissions (and most of us don't even understand the important function it plays).

Enrollment Management:
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2024/10/29/the-student-recruitment-industrial-complex/

https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-dark-art-of-enrollment-management[/quote]

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