Word: need-blind
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Seniors lobbying on behalf of the Development Office proudly trumpet the fact that our gifts, matched by other donors from earlier classes, will go to financial aid in the form of a "Class of '99 Scholarship." But unless the College is about to abandon need-blind admissions, it seems likely that an additional scholarship might only free up dollars for other projects. Moreover, the fact that so many of us are so disinclined to give unrestricted gifts--"Well, if I give, it will be to financial aid," is commonly heard among seniors these days--indicates the general and rightful displeasure...
...absolutely committed to need-blind admissions, and to constraining our costs, now and in the future," he wrote...
Harvard maintains a "need-blind" admissionspolicy in which students are admitted based onmerit, without consideration of their ability topay...
...have two tools," she says, referring to need-blind admissions and need-based...
Nonetheless, the overlap schools subscribe to a common need formula, which accounts for the backbone of their financial aid policies. And since most of these schools are close to need-blind and strive to meet all demonstrated need, they are still able to achieve some degree of uniformity in their financial aid programs...