<p>Please read the article about Reed College, which is also need blind: [Reed</a> College, in Need, Closes a Door to Needy Students - NYTimes.com](<a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/10/business/economy/10reed.html]Reed”>Reed College, in Need, Closes a Door to Needy Students - The New York Times)</p>
<p>After an Admissions Committee decides on your fate (which, in Harvard’s case, is need blind), they must go to a second round to reconcile what they can afford. How else do you think this is done? After all, an admissions Committee is not given a blank check.</p>