Need-Blind and "Low-income" Plus Factor

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@sybbie719

I have never heard of the low income plus factor.

Amherst and Harvard added low SES as a “tip” in 2004.

https://www.chronicle.com/blogs/innovations/anthony-marx%E2%80%99s-legacy-at-amherst/27585

https://www.amherst.edu/amherst-story/magazine/issues/2004_summer/venture

Maybe they are alone, though still?

n 2004, Lawrence Summers, then president of Harvard University, announced a plan to widen socioeconomic diversity among its students through financial aid and admissions. Anthony Marx forged a similar plan at Amherst College, and Bowen urged colleges to provide a thumb on the scale for low-income applicants.

But while the number of low-income students at Harvard and Amherst rose, similar institutions did not for the most part follow suit.

from: https://www.chronicle.com/article/How-Much-Do-You-Pay-for/137043/