Bowdoin Expands Need-Blind Admissions Policy to Include International Students

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Does that bring the total to 7 colleges that are both need blind and meet full need for international students?

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Too bad that wasn’t the case this year….

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Kudos to Bowdoin. This is another impressive step towards equity that they announced earlier this year, " Earlier this year Bowdoin announced it would provide all students, regardless of financial need, with equitable technology (MacBook Pro, an iPad, and an Apple Pencil)."

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From the article: “This step is one of many that the College has taken over the past decade to remove barriers for students, and it makes Bowdoin one of just seven institutions nationally with comprehensive need-blind aid policies for all students, regardless of citizenship…Now Bowdoin joins Harvard University, Princeton University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Yale University, Dartmouth College, and Amherst College in including all students, regardless of citizenship, under its need-blind admissions policy.”

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I didn’t know Dartmouth was need-blind and meet full need for internationals. Glad to hear about Bowdoin!

Here is info from Dartmouth site:

Dartmouth College has scholarships and loans available to international students, which includes an allowance for travel to the U.S. We understand that your circumstances may be unique and our office will help in any way we can.

Dartmouth has expanded its longstanding need-blind admissions policy to include all international citizens, beginning with the Class of 2026.

So I believe iDartmouth’s starts with that this fall’s freshmen…a new policy and a welcome one.

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Correct. They announced this in January

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Technically, Caltech isn’t one of those 7, but in practice, it should be considered need blind for international applicants. International students don’t need to submit their FA applications (or even indicate they need FA) before the mid-March deadline, typically a week after the announcement of RD acceptances (EA admits have more than 3 months to decide whether they want to apply FA after their acceptances). Of courses, waitlisted international students don’t have that option.

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