<p>Good, I am glad I didn’t upset you because I like what you have to say on CC in general. I guess my point is that it is naive to assume that finances are never taken into consideration in admission. That is sadly not the case and saying that everywhere is need blind can be equally misleading. I completely agree that this applies primarily to private schools, and yes, at many other schools it does not matter and is not considered. I got the sense from the original post that s/he wanted to make sure school knew they could pay, so assumed, perhaps wrongly, that they were looking at selective schools where finances could come into play in admission in those borderline cases.</p>