Do colleges prefer students who don't need FA?

Applying to College
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<p>With the recession and all, would colleges be more inclined to admit a qualified student that doesn't need financial aid over another qualified student who does?</p>

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<p>There have been many posts to that effect (and newspaper articles) already, so yes. We won’t entirely know until the info on this year’s admits/acceptances comes out.</p>

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<p>there is a rumor that if you literally call and say that your parents are able to pay 90% of the tuition, thats pretty much like you being accepted. Search for a NY Times article regarding this…</p>

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<p>it depends, a need-blind school means that FA isn’t a factor at all in college admissions. Other schools do take into account FA and probably do prefer students who can pay most of the way.</p>

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<p>I’ve often wondered about this: </p>

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