Word: need-blind
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...attracting students. With nearly 70 percent of students receiving some form of financial aid, we think most of our classmates would disagree. Alumni giving—to which Senior Gift is a prelude—makes it happen. Competition is part of what drives Harvard to offer the best need-blind financial aid and is probably what drew most of us to this institution. We should not decry the existence of these initiatives, but rather foster their continued growth for future classes...
...fallacy recurs, over and over again: that Harvard deserves donations because of the cost of administering programs like international need-blind financial aid, study abroad and its own forest. But Harvard does not offer financial aid and forests solely because it cares about its undergraduates; rather, it competes with peer institutions, defraying tuition and offering educational resources in order to lure the most talented students here. If Harvard cannot provide them with the educational experience they want at efficient cost to itself, that’s too bad for Harvard...
...niece’s tuition found a comfortable place in the pantheon of commercials, television shows and movies that assume Harvard’s gates are only open to the wealthy. But, as any actual Yardling can tell you, the College isn’t only need-blind, its financial-aid program is one of the best in the country...
...Because we have a need-blind admission policy, whether a student comes from a higher or lower income family does not matter,” Donahue said. “Students coming from low-income backgrounds often don’t apply to schools like Harvard. It’s a complicated social phenomenon. We would love to have more students from low-income families; there are only so many spots...
Harvard embodies an institutional commitment to excellence that is blind to racial, sexual or cultural identity. Our need-blind admissions policy selects students based on their potential for achievement, not on the basis of their conditions of origin. Aid policies ensure that no student is prevented from attending Harvard based on economic disadvantages. Fellowships and prizes are open to all Harvard students and are awarded on the basis of merit. Harvard’s policies and procedures have been carefully designed to avoid discriminating between its students on the basis of criteria irrelevant to the quality of their work...