need-blind

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need-blind (not comparable)

  1. (US, of a college admission policy) That requires the admitting institution to not consider an applicant's financial situation when deciding admission.
  2. (US, of a college) Having such an admission policy.
    • 2022, Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, Vintage (2023), pages 78-79:
      In a year, give or take, student loans would come due―Harvard was need-blind (that was significantly why he had chosen it), but even his generous financial aid package didn’t cover everything.

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