<p>given that all requirements are fulfilled, and the form is handed in on time, do the "amounts" such as family contributions affect admission process?</p>
<p>but then how do the "non-needblind" schools know the student can afford the tuitions?</p>
<p>First of all, most schools are needblind in admissions. Most schools also do not guarantee to provide 100% of need. They gap. They don't know and they don't really take a lot of trouble to help the students afford the tuition. Their admissions process takes into account that there are going to be a number of kids who are not going to come to the school because they cannot afford it.
The schools that are not need blind assume that you can afford the tuition if you do not apply for financial aid. If you do apply for aid, they get an EFC that they expect you to meet. If your EFC is high, and they are running low in aid, and you are not a top prospect, you may not be offered admissions. Such schools tend to offer close to 100% of need, so if they cannot or do not want to offer you that kind of package, instead of gapping you like most need blind schools do, they turn you down. But if you did not apply for financial aid, they do not know that you can afford the tuition; they assume it, knowing that they will be in error a certain percentage of the time from years of experience.
So to answer the main question, the amounts on FAFSA can affect admissions at non need blind colleges, particularly if the amounts are large.</p>