<p>This whole “elephant” thread is ridiculous.</p>
<p>Let’s look at some stats from some schools that ARE technically need blind:</p>
<p>Duke: 40% receive fin.aid.
[Duke</a> Expands Financial Aid For Lower- And Middle-Income Families](<a href=“http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2007/12/financialaid.html]Duke”>http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2007/12/financialaid.html)</p>
<p>Johns Hopkins: 46%
[Johns</a> Hopkins University Office of Undergraduate Admissions - Financial Aid - Financing Your Education](<a href=“http://apply.jhu.edu/finaid/finaid.html]Johns”>http://apply.jhu.edu/finaid/finaid.html)</p>
<p>And my lazyness kicks in here.
Other comparable schools report anywhere between 40 and 80%.</p>
<p>So to say that WashU, just because it is not technically need blind (the claim is they’re need blind until the last 1% of admitted students), is admitting based on whether or not someone applied for fin. aid is ridiculous.</p>
<p>Especially considering we all know how skewed CC is compared the the rest of the population pool.</p>