<p>All of the community colleges where I live administer Pell Grants and have a limited amount of grant-in-aid. When they make an offer of admission, they know whether or not some of their expenditures will be covered by the federal government or not. In that sense, they are not need-blind. Again, the question is the degree to which they use that information in admissions. We know that Princeton and Amherst do, all colleges in Questbridge do, all colleges that have “developmental admits” do, all colleges that count “socio-ec” admits (such as Williams) do, all colleges that discuss admissions with private school counselors do, the list could go on and on. </p>
<p>It’s just spin…(though, in some cases, as above, more like bald-faced lies).</p>