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Ten U.S. higher education institutions are need-blind towards all applicants. These institutions meet full demonstrated need for all applicants, including international students. [2] These are: Amherst College [3] Bowdoin College [4] Brown University [5] (Brown will be need-blind for international students beginning with the Class of 2029.)
In 2012, Wesleying broke the news that Wesleyan would no longer be 100% need-blind for first-year domestic applicants, causing vocal protest among various students and alumni. [8] The issue was later covered by The New York Times, [9] NPR, [10] the Associated Press, [11] and other media outlets.
Some institutions are moving away from need-blind admissions so that they can fulfill the full needs of the students that are admitted. [73] Meeting the full need will probably increase the funds for financial aid. [73] For example, Wesleyan University is only need-blind if it has enough money to satisfy the full needs of admitted students. [73]
I recently had an opportunity to speak with a high school senior who was evaluating financial aid offers from the colleges he'd been accepted to. He'd applied to a mix of small, private, liberal ...
Wesleyan President Michael Roth sent a letter to the university community saying that a student's “legacy status” has played a negligible role in admissions, but would now be eliminated entirely.
The 568 Presidents Group was a consortium of American universities and colleges practicing need-blind admissions.The group was founded in 1998 in response to section 568 of the Improving America's Schools Act of 1994. [1]
Ohio Wesleyan follows a need-blind admission policy; financial circumstances are not considered when deciding whether to admit applicants. [76] As of 2010, OWU's 1,950 students come from 43 states and 57 countries; 47% are from Ohio , 11% are international, and 54% are female. [ 77 ]
Wesleyan is not one of them,” said Bunsis, an accounting professor at Eastern Michigan University who in recent years has specialized in university budget analyses for the AAUP.