need-blind
adj1
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.
- 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.2022, Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, Vintage (2023), pages 78-79: