Emory just announced to change from need-blind to need-aware admission.

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Anonymous wrote:I appreciate their transparency. The worst thing about this process is all the BS and muck coming from admissions offices.

We are truly test optional…
We have a “holistic” application process..
We consider your application in context…
We care about your authentic story…
We want to see passion and unique interests…

Meanwhile kids contort themselves into pretzels to appear unique, passionate and authentic. They just want to hang out with friends!

+1 but add the completely hidden "institutional priorities" to the list of admissions BS

Oh yes! I forgot that one. The most obnoxious opaque moving hand…

Totally obnoxious

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Maybe this is what is needed by colleges to save money to brace themselves to resist Trump's crazy letter.

They need more money from us because Trump is threatening to take fed money away if they don't do whatever crazy overreaching dystopian nonsense he wants (like promote/create safe space for conservatives above all other americans).

I'd rather a top college become need aware than cave to trump's authoritarian un-American demands.

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe this is what is needed by colleges to save money to brace themselves to resist Trump's crazy letter.

They need more money from us because Trump is threatening to take fed money away if they don't do whatever crazy overreaching dystopian nonsense he wants (like promote/create safe space for conservatives above all other americans).

I'd rather a top college become need aware than cave to trump's authoritarian un-American demands.

+1

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Anonymous wrote:This is an interesting pairing with the news that Emory is tuition free for families making less than $200k (or something in that neighborhood.)

?????

So what does this mean, they will get UMC white and Asian kids to pay full tuition and also admit first-gen black and brown kids to attend for free? Where does this leave the working class non URMs, middle class, and UMC without enough actual cash?

Free. Because working class non URMs, middle class, and most UMCs do not make 200k. If you do you are in a higher tier of UMC and you can and should be paying.

For fun I just ran Emory's Net Price calculator using the following info: annual income of 250k, 25k in cash savings, 100k in retirement accounts and a house worth 750k with a remaining mortgage balance of 400k. The "best" offer that generates from Emory is a parent contribution of 60,700 per year . . .

That would seem about correct for all top privates.

Not all include the equity in your home, some exempt up to 2x income. Emory counts it 100% this is what really kills the middle class families and makes the "free" below 200k vapor. Many families earning between 100-200k own their homes and have some amounts in 401k savings

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Good for Emory. Universities need to save their $$ to fight Trump's BS!

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Anonymous wrote: Emory is one of the schools that includes home equity in its asset calculations, along with 401k amounts, that is why these programs don't benefit them.

Emory also doesn’t give sibling discount, which totally doesn’t make sense.

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Anonymous wrote: Emory is one of the schools that includes home equity in its asset calculations, along with 401k amounts, that is why these programs don't benefit them.

Emory also doesn’t give sibling discount, which totally doesn’t make sense.

While I support financial aid for low income students I think in the end these policies increase tuition and squeeze out middle class kids and the campuses end up with a weird mix of very poor and very rich kids and almost no middle class ones.

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe this is what is needed by colleges to save money to brace themselves to resist Trump's crazy letter.

They need more money from us because Trump is threatening to take fed money away if they don't do whatever crazy overreaching dystopian nonsense he wants (like promote/create safe space for conservatives above all other americans).

I'd rather a top college become need aware than cave to trump's authoritarian un-American demands.

Hard agree.

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Anonymous wrote:Emory was always a school for tacky strivers. They are more brazen about it now.

It’s odd to say this when the school is so focused on premed/nursing and offers little in the way of engineering.

I guess premed kids can be strivers…though I thought most strivers were pre-professional.

Pre med is pre professional.

Why run your mouth on here when you don't even understand the basics?0

You sound like a total dipshit.

Preprofessional means you are getting a job straight from undergrad.

Based on your definition then unless you are getting a PhD, everyone is pre professional.

Read and learn

https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=preprofessional

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Two words: doughnut hole

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Anonymous wrote:This is an interesting pairing with the news that Emory is tuition free for families making less than $200k (or something in that neighborhood.)

?????

So what does this mean, they will get UMC white and Asian kids to pay full tuition and also admit first-gen black and brown kids to attend for free? Where does this leave the working class non URMs, middle class, and UMC without enough actual cash?

Trump is ending TO, so that will limit the URMs you dont like.

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Why is this a surprise to anybody, I wonder? Trump admin is taking away a lot of research grants from universities and taxing them despite their non-profit status. Most of them can't afford to be as generous with FA.

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Anonymous wrote:This is an interesting pairing with the news that Emory is tuition free for families making less than $200k (or something in that neighborhood.)

?????

So what does this mean, they will get UMC white and Asian kids to pay full tuition and also admit first-gen black and brown kids to attend for free? Where does this leave the working class non URMs, middle class, and UMC without enough actual cash?

Trump is ending TO, so that will limit the URMs you dont like.

What’s TO

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Anonymous wrote: Emory is one of the schools that includes home equity in its asset calculations, along with 401k amounts, that is why these programs don't benefit them.

Emory also doesn’t give sibling discount, which totally doesn’t make sense.

While I support financial aid for low income students I think in the end these policies increase tuition and squeeze out middle class kids and the campuses end up with a weird mix of very poor and very rich kids and almost no middle class ones.

I agree 100%. Though you are going to get pushback on your likely definition of "middle class". But universities used to have huge percentages of middle/upper middle class kids and since enrollment hasn't really gone up and the number of rich kids hasn't really changed, in order to free up space for the low income kids, the middle/upper middle class kids are getting squeezed. Some increase in low income was fine, but I think many schools have gone overboard on it.

As for the person who wanted a sibling discount, why? Shouldn't have had more kids than you can afford to put through college. Making babies is a financial decision. Don't count on someone else funding your kids.

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Anonymous wrote:This is an interesting pairing with the news that Emory is tuition free for families making less than $200k (or something in that neighborhood.)

I think there are several top colleges that are tuition free is HHI under 200k. Pretty sure Stanford is one, and I know I’ve read about others but cant recall.