<p>“When Princeton and then Amherst decided to increase their number of low-income students by about 50%, it had absolutely no impact on the median test scores averages for the entire school, suggesting they were in the pile of applicants all along, and needed absolutely nothing in the way of “help” to get in (other than a nod from the school presidents that they wanted more low-income students.)”</p>
<p>I would say that a “nod from the school presidents” that they wanted more kids from your family’s income range is a lot more than “nothing.” That is not exactly need-blind.</p>