<p>Andover wouldn’t lie about NB. The lawsuit/ruined reputation on their hands should they be found out would be too huge. But it doesn;t make EVERY other non-NB school greedy.</p>
<p>I don’t know! you tell me. I have already accepted Andover is the most financially flexible in terms of aid. :)</p>
<p>That was an exaggeration Izzy, I’m sorry if it offended you.</p>
<p>principalviola, I just have this impression that for some reason, Andover would not be your school even if it were up to you (like I asked earlier). You don’t really like it. It is indeed one of the many schools that admitted you right?</p>
<p>i like it a lot. My saying that I have some doubt does not mean I am doubting its prowess. I have agreed a million times over that Andover is more flexible with aid than any other school, yet my reservation lies in the 100% need blind. 98% maybe… :)</p>
<p>“Need blind admission” is a process - it either is or is not. There’s no percentage. I wish TomTheCat was here. He’d have more energy to type a lot and explain to you what it is, but I think you already know. You just don’t want to admit it.</p>
<p>Edit: in the headmaster’s presentation to new parents, she pointed in 2007 only one (or two?) application was pulled out because of financial reasons, and that year was not “need blind”.</p>
<p>It can have a percentage till the last iota… To that extent it is, beyond that it is not. What I am saying is I applied and I got in, if my clone applied, who needed full FA, current me would have been chosen because there are two purely identical people, one which costs more.</p>
<p>First, you two would both get in (two of 451 admitted). AFTER that, you clone’s financial need would be met.</p>
<p>They seek to meet a whole range of diversities, why would they want to equals who contribute nothing more than the other?</p>
<p>That’s another issue. The point is when they make admission decisions they wouldn’t consider your ability to pay. They may consider the diversity of the incoming class. If you two are identical in everything else (you know how unrealistic this is) they’d detmine which one to take based on the need of a balanced class not financial ability. After that, the FA process starts.</p>
<p>Go Andover! We’re the only need blind school!</p>
<p>This thread is just a pep rally. It’s stopped being objective.</p>
<p>If they were truly need blind, would they take a kid with low b’s average and high 70’s ssat and a lovely donation? Also, Andover’s reputation does not rest on how many FA students they accept, nor will those denied admission for FA reasons be able to sue, so the argument that Andover wont lie for those reasons doesnt hold water.</p>
<p>Just to clarify, Exeter technically removed their need-blind status, however, they are still better equipped to treat the financial needs of pretty much every prep school in the country. Exeter did not rejected any student purely on the financial grounds purely because the caliber of students applying resulted in such a fashion that many of the top students were able to make ends meet. However, they did admit that should they had been forced to go below their 1A category of applicants, those did not need FA would be selected over those who did - simply because of the recession and its impact on the endowment.</p>
<p>Oh, and admissions officers are able to see on the cover page of your file whether you are full pay or not. If every school was truly need-blind, would this information have to be present?</p>
<p>Full FA students also being a different perspective to a school, than, say, one who has grown up in a house of “priviledge”, as some like to call it.</p>
<p>Do you put that on your cover page? I did not.</p>
<p>FP people are not necessarily less knowledgeable about “real life” and less exposed to a wide range of backgrounds. Its not as if FP people haven’t been in situations that cause deserved emotional extremes. Not every FP person is a snob…Though I do know some people who are very stupid, very sheltered, and very much snobs. This does not make everybody who pays full tuition this way.</p>
<p>Full FA students also being a different perspective to a school, than, say, one who has grown up in a house of “priviledge”, as some like to call it.</p>
<p>Well, I would hope that I am not a snob! Either way, if Andover was truly need blind, they should have you send in financial information post M10.</p>
<p>When a BS offers you full FA, does that cover all 4 years of tution?</p>
<p>My daughter got very substantial FA at Andover…not quite full, but close. Her FA scholarship is reserved for her for the 4 years, however that is contingent on a renewed FA application every year. So if our income would go up significantly, it’s likely that her award would go down accordingly. And of course, I’m assuming it’s contingent on her remaining a student in good standing. I don’t know if other schools do it the same way or not.</p>