<p>LBowie, are you counting all of the community colleges, directional public universities, and known only-in-their-own state-tiny-privates in your total when determining that there are more need-aware than need-blind institutions in the country? Frankly I just don’t buy that analysis. Yes, it is possible that among the CC favorites there are could be more need-awares. Once you get out of the selectivity game played here, the institutions don’t care. Happykid even toured one place where the aid is so bad that the admissions counselor who led the orientation session flat out told the students to take all of their Gen Eds elsewhere to save money.</p>