<p>As of a year ago, Exeter was scheduled to go “need blind” for this application cycle. (Source: My fading memory, but also see posts #93 and 97 here: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/prep-school-admissions/201404-prep-school-reputations-7.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/prep-school-admissions/201404-prep-school-reputations-7.html</a>.)</p>
<p>An Exeter press release from a week ago says “the Academy is effectively ‘need blind,’” (emphasis added) because it has met 100% of the demonstrated financial aid needs of its students without resorting to loans. (I think that’s an accurate characterization of their position; though I would disagree that that translates into being “need blind” when it comes to deciding who to offer a place to.)</p>
<p>Source: [Phillips</a> Exeter Academy | Phillips Exeter Academy Is Free to Those With Need](<a href=“http://www.exeter.edu/news_and_events/news_events_9669.aspx]Phillips”>http://www.exeter.edu/news_and_events/news_events_9669.aspx)</p>