<p>^ chnews…Schools that claim to be needblind ARE needblind. This would include Cornell, Harvard, Columbia, Yale, Princeton, Brown, and the other ivy league schools. These are not the only ones as I could assure you that MIT is also need blind. There is a big difference from need aware and need blind. No student should apply early decision to NEED AWARE schools in my opinion, if finances are a consideration. I do not know why anyone at your school would tell you such a thing because there is absolutely no validity to that statement where need blind schools are concerned.</p>