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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My family is the Director of Financial Aid at a top20 school and at his/her institution need-blind means need blind. They have no contact with admissions until the list is sent to them to match the students to aid.  He/she meets with the Board quarterly and has to present financial aid numbers and they can swing wildly year-over-year and he/she will say, "hey,--yes, this year our office needs $10 million more than last year but we didn't choose the students."

Now [b]this does not mean that Admissions does not pick kids who have signs of wealth[/b] AND also does not include kids who may get a bump as "development" cases who are brining with them a large check in addition to tuition.
But financial aid and admissions at this institution have NO contact prior to admissions offers being made. There is no reason for my relative to make this up. Things may be different at other "need blind" schools. 
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The bolded is the key phrase here. Of course a need blind school doesn't check in with financial aid to determine their acceptances. But they do know how to size up a student's ability to be full pay. Examples of ways are zip code/home address, parents' occupation, attendance at expensive private school, sibling's ability to pay, etc.
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