Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UChicago
Vanderbilt
WashU
Georgetown
Northwestern
Brown
Dartmouth
Rice

and Emory came out publicly and said yes, we are need aware now.

Is this true?? I thought Ivies all make a big deal about being need blind

Officially the are need blind.

However, the fact that they have an abbreviation - in the admissions office - at Dartmouth for “no need” “NN” (see recent Lee coffin podcast) tells you everything you need to know about how they use certain information in the AO review process.

They know. Unofficially almost all are need blind. But how that works in practice is different.

The very top schools seem much more agnostic as to finances.

Anonymous wrote:UChicago
Vanderbilt
WashU
Georgetown
Northwestern
Brown
Dartmouth
Rice

and Emory came out publicly and said yes, we are need aware now.

Is this true?? I thought Ivies all make a big deal about being need blind

There are a lot of schools that are need-blind for domestic admissions but need-aware for international.

Anonymous wrote:Wondering if the safety section of kids list should lean into full pay status.

I just don't think it helps much at the top 25 or so universities or LACs.

Lots of discussion:
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1241612.page

Anonymous wrote:UChicago
Vanderbilt
WashU
Georgetown
Northwestern
Brown
Dartmouth
Rice

and Emory came out publicly and said yes, we are need aware now.

These are the "unofficial" need-aware T25, while Emory is the only "official" need-aware T25?

Anonymous wrote:I believe 99% are need aware. Just some admit it while some deny it.

Exactly. Go in eye-wide open and be strategic.

I believe 99% are need aware. Just some admit it while some deny it.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:YCBK did a session on this. And there's a ton of talk that this last cycle, with funding issues, money talks.

Emory moved to need aware recently. NYU unofficially (or officially) is? Georgetown just lowballs on aid, so it can say its need blind but just wants wealthy kids....

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1295016.page

True. Been this way for decades.

Yes, it's an official, well-known strategy of theirs.

Anonymous wrote:YCBK did a session on this. And there's a ton of talk that this last cycle, with funding issues, money talks.

Emory moved to need aware recently. NYU unofficially (or officially) is? Georgetown just lowballs on aid, so it can say its need blind but just wants wealthy kids....

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1295016.page

True. Been this way for decades.

UChicago
Vanderbilt
WashU
Georgetown
Northwestern
Brown
Dartmouth
Rice

and Emory came out publicly and said yes, we are need aware now.

Last cycle, our private CCO told us that being full pay is an (unofficial) IP/advantage at certain schools. Ask your counselor and apply strategically if you are full pay.

YCBK did a session on this. And there's a ton of talk that this last cycle, with funding issues, money talks.

Emory moved to need aware recently. NYU unofficially (or officially) is? Georgetown just lowballs on aid, so it can say its need blind but just wants wealthy kids....

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1295016.page

None that admit it. Georgetown is the poorest, but they are need blind (but not, I think, for the waitlist).

Wes. That was the one school my kid didn’t check “applying for aid”.

Wondering if the safety section of kids list should lean into full pay status.

I just don't think it helps much at the top 25 or so universities or LACs.