Great colleges for kids with great grades, social skills, and athletics, but parents make minimal salaries

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That graph indicates that nearly 1 in 3 Princeton students have a household income below $70k and 1 in 5 have a household income of less than $45k. Sure, there are still lots of rich kids, but a poor student is in very good company there.

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Anonymous wrote:I guess I'm middle class (HHI of $88k) and my kid goes to a Jesuit university. They give lots of aid and it brought the cost down to what it would cost to Towson in-state.

His school has a lot of wealthy kids but that's not surprising. He doesn't stand out and he knows kids just like him who got tons of aid. We weren't living in poverty but maybe we are because he got a Pell grant this year.

He has told me about how surprised he is by how many wealthy kids there are. Lots of kids talk about their monthly allowances from their parents. He said some of them have never had a job. He has a PT job and does DoorDash, etc and the other kids seem surprised by a student working. I just gave him my old car (it's still in good shape) and the other kids can't believe he has to pay for his own gas, insurance, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:I guess I'm middle class (HHI of $88k) and my kid goes to a Jesuit university. They give lots of aid and it brought the cost down to what it would cost to Towson in-state.

His school has a lot of wealthy kids but that's not surprising. He doesn't stand out and he knows kids just like him who got tons of aid. We weren't living in poverty but maybe we are because he got a Pell grant this year. [/quote


He has told me about how surprised he is by how many wealthy kids there are. Lots of kids talk about their monthly allowances from their parents. He said some of them have never had a job. He has a PT job and does DoorDash, etc and the other kids seem surprised by a student working. I just gave him my old car (it's still in good shape) and the other kids can't believe he has to pay for his own gas, insurance, etc.

Does he like his college? My son has a few Jesuit colleges on his list and I’d be happy if he attended one. We are financially similar to your HHI.

[Anonymous]

Here’s some information about work colleges. Berea isn’t the only one:

https://workcolleges.org/

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Anonymous wrote:I guess I'm middle class (HHI of $88k) and my kid goes to a Jesuit university. They give lots of aid and it brought the cost down to what it would cost to Towson in-state.

His school has a lot of wealthy kids but that's not surprising. He doesn't stand out and he knows kids just like him who got tons of aid. We weren't living in poverty but maybe we are because he got a Pell grant this year. [/quote


He has told me about how surprised he is by how many wealthy kids there are. Lots of kids talk about their monthly allowances from their parents. He said some of them have never had a job. He has a PT job and does DoorDash, etc and the other kids seem surprised by a student working. I just gave him my old car (it's still in good shape) and the other kids can't believe he has to pay for his own gas, insurance, etc.

Does he like his college? My son has a few Jesuit colleges on his list and I’d be happy if he attended one. We are financially similar to your HHI.

He does. I am very grateful that they have given us so much to be able to attend. So did the other Catholic schools he applied to.

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Anonymous wrote:I guess I'm middle class (HHI of $88k) and my kid goes to a Jesuit university. They give lots of aid and it brought the cost down to what it would cost to Towson in-state.

His school has a lot of wealthy kids but that's not surprising. He doesn't stand out and he knows kids just like him who got tons of aid. We weren't living in poverty but maybe we are because he got a Pell grant this year. [/quote


He has told me about how surprised he is by how many wealthy kids there are. Lots of kids talk about their monthly allowances from their parents. He said some of them have never had a job. He has a PT job and does DoorDash, etc and the other kids seem surprised by a student working. I just gave him my old car (it's still in good shape) and the other kids can't believe he has to pay for his own gas, insurance, etc.

Does he like his college? My son has a few Jesuit colleges on his list and I’d be happy if he attended one. We are financially similar to your HHI.

He does. I am very grateful that they have given us so much to be able to attend. So did the other Catholic schools he applied to.

I’m glad he likes it!

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Anonymous wrote:I guess I'm middle class (HHI of $88k) and my kid goes to a Jesuit university. They give lots of aid and it brought the cost down to what it would cost to Towson in-state.

His school has a lot of wealthy kids but that's not surprising. He doesn't stand out and he knows kids just like him who got tons of aid. We weren't living in poverty but maybe we are because he got a Pell grant this year. [/quote


He has told me about how surprised he is by how many wealthy kids there are. Lots of kids talk about their monthly allowances from their parents. He said some of them have never had a job. He has a PT job and does DoorDash, etc and the other kids seem surprised by a student working. I just gave him my old car (it's still in good shape) and the other kids can't believe he has to pay for his own gas, insurance, etc.

Does he like his college? My son has a few Jesuit colleges on his list and I’d be happy if he attended one. We are financially similar to your HHI.

He does. I am very grateful that they have given us so much to be able to attend. So did the other Catholic schools he applied to.

Did your son attend a Catholic high school? I have always thought many Catholic colleges prefer those graduates for admission and I wonder if there aren’t additional funds for kids coming from Catholic high schools.

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Anonymous wrote:I guess I'm middle class (HHI of $88k) and my kid goes to a Jesuit university. They give lots of aid and it brought the cost down to what it would cost to Towson in-state.

His school has a lot of wealthy kids but that's not surprising. He doesn't stand out and he knows kids just like him who got tons of aid. We weren't living in poverty but maybe we are because he got a Pell grant this year. [/quote


He has told me about how surprised he is by how many wealthy kids there are. Lots of kids talk about their monthly allowances from their parents. He said some of them have never had a job. He has a PT job and does DoorDash, etc and the other kids seem surprised by a student working. I just gave him my old car (it's still in good shape) and the other kids can't believe he has to pay for his own gas, insurance, etc.

Does he like his college? My son has a few Jesuit colleges on his list and I’d be happy if he attended one. We are financially similar to your HHI.

He does. I am very grateful that they have given us so much to be able to attend. So did the other Catholic schools he applied to.

Did your son attend a Catholic high school? I have always thought many Catholic colleges prefer those graduates for admission and I wonder if there aren’t additional funds for kids coming from Catholic high schools.

New poster here. My son was offered a merit and grant package from Scranton to bring annual cost to 34k two years ago. He was a public school graduate. It wasn’t their most generous merit scholarship, but his grades were not high enough for the top tier merit scholarships.

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Anonymous wrote:That graph indicates that nearly 1 in 3 Princeton students have a household income below $70k and 1 in 5 have a household income of less than $45k. Sure, there are still lots of rich kids, but a poor student is in very good company there.

No, a poor student is not in “good company” if the vast majority of students are either rich or poor. The society these kids need to be prepared for is not a dumbbell distribution. Poor students don’t like to be patronized by the rich kids, nor do they want to constantly be reminded of where they came from (by being expected to hang with the fellow poors). This is why a great state school is a better place for these kids on so many levels.

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Anonymous wrote:I guess I'm middle class (HHI of $88k) and my kid goes to a Jesuit university. They give lots of aid and it brought the cost down to what it would cost to Towson in-state.

His school has a lot of wealthy kids but that's not surprising. He doesn't stand out and he knows kids just like him who got tons of aid. We weren't living in poverty but maybe we are because he got a Pell grant this year. [/quote


He has told me about how surprised he is by how many wealthy kids there are. Lots of kids talk about their monthly allowances from their parents. He said some of them have never had a job. He has a PT job and does DoorDash, etc and the other kids seem surprised by a student working. I just gave him my old car (it's still in good shape) and the other kids can't believe he has to pay for his own gas, insurance, etc.

Does he like his college? My son has a few Jesuit colleges on his list and I’d be happy if he attended one. We are financially similar to your HHI.

He does. I am very grateful that they have given us so much to be able to attend. So did the other Catholic schools he applied to.

Did your son attend a Catholic high school? I have always thought many Catholic colleges prefer those graduates for admission and I wonder if there aren’t additional funds for kids coming from Catholic high schools.

Yes he did but it wasn’t Jesuit. He got a $25k scholarship plus $15k in a school grant. He also got a Pell grant this year. They must have redone the incomes for Pell grants since he didn’t get one as a freshman.

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Anonymous wrote:I guess I'm middle class (HHI of $88k) and my kid goes to a Jesuit university. They give lots of aid and it brought the cost down to what it would cost to Towson in-state.

His school has a lot of wealthy kids but that's not surprising. He doesn't stand out and he knows kids just like him who got tons of aid. We weren't living in poverty but maybe we are because he got a Pell grant this year. [/quote


He has told me about how surprised he is by how many wealthy kids there are. Lots of kids talk about their monthly allowances from their parents. He said some of them have never had a job. He has a PT job and does DoorDash, etc and the other kids seem surprised by a student working. I just gave him my old car (it's still in good shape) and the other kids can't believe he has to pay for his own gas, insurance, etc.

Does he like his college? My son has a few Jesuit colleges on his list and I’d be happy if he attended one. We are financially similar to your HHI.

He does. I am very grateful that they have given us so much to be able to attend. So did the other Catholic schools he applied to.

Did your son attend a Catholic high school? I have always thought many Catholic colleges prefer those graduates for admission and I wonder if there aren’t additional funds for kids coming from Catholic high schools.

Yes he did but it wasn’t Jesuit. He got a $25k scholarship plus $15k in a school grant. He also got a Pell grant this year. They must have redone the incomes for Pell grants since he didn’t get one as a freshman.

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Anonymous wrote:I guess I'm middle class (HHI of $88k) and my kid goes to a Jesuit university. They give lots of aid and it brought the cost down to what it would cost to Towson in-state.

His school has a lot of wealthy kids but that's not surprising. He doesn't stand out and he knows kids just like him who got tons of aid. We weren't living in poverty but maybe we are because he got a Pell grant this year.

He has told me about how surprised he is by how many wealthy kids there are. Lots of kids talk about their monthly allowances from their parents. He said some of them have never had a job. He has a PT job and does DoorDash, etc and the other kids seem surprised by a student working. I just gave him my old car (it's still in good shape) and the other kids can't believe he has to pay for his own gas, insurance, etc. [/quote

Does he like his college? My son has a few Jesuit colleges on his list and I’d be happy if he attended one. We are financially similar to your HHI.

He does. I am very grateful that they have given us so much to be able to attend. So did the other Catholic schools he applied to.

Did your son attend a Catholic high school? I have always thought many Catholic colleges prefer those graduates for admission and I wonder if there aren’t additional funds for kids coming from Catholic high schools.

Yes he did but it wasn’t Jesuit. He got a $25k scholarship plus $15k in a school grant. He also got a Pell grant this year. They must have redone the incomes for Pell grants since he didn’t get one as a freshman.

Stop typing inside the quote.

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Anonymous wrote:I guess I'm middle class (HHI of $88k) and my kid goes to a Jesuit university. They give lots of aid and it brought the cost down to what it would cost to Towson in-state.

His school has a lot of wealthy kids but that's not surprising. He doesn't stand out and he knows kids just like him who got tons of aid. We weren't living in poverty but maybe we are because he got a Pell grant this year.

He has told me about how surprised he is by how many wealthy kids there are. Lots of kids talk about their monthly allowances from their parents. He said some of them have never had a job. He has a PT job and does DoorDash, etc and the other kids seem surprised by a student working. I just gave him my old car (it's still in good shape) and the other kids can't believe he has to pay for his own gas, insurance, etc.

Does he like his college? My son has a few Jesuit colleges on his list and I’d be happy if he attended one. We are financially similar to your HHI.

He does. I am very grateful that they have given us so much to be able to attend. So did the other Catholic schools he applied to.

Did your son attend a Catholic high school? I have always thought many Catholic colleges prefer those graduates for admission and I wonder if there aren’t additional funds for kids coming from Catholic high schools.

Yes he did but it wasn’t Jesuit. He got a $25k scholarship plus $15k in a school grant. He also got a Pell grant this year. They must have redone the incomes for Pell grants since he didn’t get one as a freshman.

Stop typing inside the quote.

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Anonymous wrote:That graph indicates that nearly 1 in 3 Princeton students have a household income below $70k and 1 in 5 have a household income of less than $45k. Sure, there are still lots of rich kids, but a poor student is in very good company there.

so the poors are fine because at least 1 in 5 are poor. They don't need anymore peers than that. Got it.

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Anonymous wrote:That graph indicates that nearly 1 in 3 Princeton students have a household income below $70k and 1 in 5 have a household income of less than $45k. Sure, there are still lots of rich kids, but a poor student is in very good company there.

No, a poor student is not in “good company” if the vast majority of students are either rich or poor. The society these kids need to be prepared for is not a dumbbell distribution. Poor students don’t like to be patronized by the rich kids, nor do they want to constantly be reminded of where they came from (by being expected to hang with the fellow poors). This is why a great state school is a better place for these kids on so many levels.

Hugely depends on the state school. Some of them have extremely Greek dominated social scenes that encourage extreme conspicuous consumption.