UChicago will offer free tuition for families with incomes below $250,000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Northwestern is not considered an Ivy Plus college by Harvard, Yale or Princeton.

UChicago is.

For graduate programs, maybe. But no way for undergraduate. It’s just not a top 10.

lol...is Harvard in on some conspiracy?

https://library.harvard.edu/visit/visitor-access-borrowing-cards
Our partnership with BorrowDirect allows physical access to our libraries to affiliates of fellow Ivy Plus institutions: Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Duke University, Johns Hopkins University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Princeton University, Stanford University, University of Chicago, University of Pennsylvania, and Yale University.

How laughable to use Ivy Plus library access as proof of prestige. That is like saying students from two schools can use the same vending machine, so what? BorrowDirect is a library access agreement. That is all. And in 2026, when so much academic material is digital anyway, using library access as a prestige signal is absurd.

The way simpletons reason is honestly ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Chicago parent here — can confirm that nobody there gives a sh*t about the members Ivy Plus Libraries or arguing about ED “signaling insecurity” because the education and outcomes speak for themselves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Chicago parent here — can confirm that nobody there gives a sh*t about the members of the Ivy Plus Libraries or arguing about ED “signaling insecurity” because the education and outcomes speak for themselves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Another empty “with typical assets” promise.

Would benefit my family and many others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is great news but of course you have to read the fine print. Hopefully all other elite schools will follow suit.

Actually, Chicago is following other elite schools.

They are not the first with this idea.

And honestly, rather than doing this, why not just lower tuition by $20,000 for everyone?

250,000 is already quite wealthy. Most of the families will fall below this threshold, which means a very small number of families will be paying their over inflated tuition while others have zero skin in the game

BBB.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Northwestern is not considered an Ivy Plus college by Harvard, Yale or Princeton.

UChicago is.

For graduate programs, maybe. But no way for undergraduate. It’s just not a top 10.

lol...is Harvard in on some conspiracy?

https://library.harvard.edu/visit/visitor-access-borrowing-cards
Our partnership with BorrowDirect allows physical access to our libraries to affiliates of fellow Ivy Plus institutions: Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Duke University, Johns Hopkins University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Princeton University, Stanford University, University of Chicago, University of Pennsylvania, and Yale University.

How laughable to use Ivy Plus library access as proof of prestige. That is like saying students from two schools can use the same vending machine, so what? BorrowDirect is a library access agreement. That is all. And in 2026, when so much academic material is digital anyway, using library access as a prestige signal is absurd.

The way simpletons reason is honestly ridiculous.

NP. The Ivy Plus Libraries consortium isn’t some holy list but it’s not like they’re just including any university in that group. You have to be deemed an “Ivy Plus” to be a member but I understand that probably upsets the Northwestern moms. Not something to get super worked up about regardless because Chicago doesn’t need to cling to the “Ivy Plus” label to hold its own.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Northwestern is not considered an Ivy Plus college by Harvard, Yale or Princeton.

UChicago is.

For graduate programs, maybe. But no way for undergraduate. It’s just not a top 10.

lol...is Harvard in on some conspiracy?

https://library.harvard.edu/visit/visitor-access-borrowing-cards
Our partnership with BorrowDirect allows physical access to our libraries to affiliates of fellow Ivy Plus institutions: Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Duke University, Johns Hopkins University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Princeton University, Stanford University, University of Chicago, University of Pennsylvania, and Yale University.

How laughable to use Ivy Plus library access as proof of prestige. That is like saying students from two schools can use the same vending machine, so what? BorrowDirect is a library access agreement. That is all. And in 2026, when so much academic material is digital anyway, using library access as a prestige signal is absurd.

The way simpletons reason is honestly ridiculous.

NP. The Ivy Plus Libraries consortium isn’t some holy list but it’s not like they’re just including any university in that group. You have to be deemed an “Ivy Plus” to be a member but I understand that probably upsets the Northwestern moms. Not something to get super worked up about regardless because Chicago doesn’t need to cling to the “Ivy Plus” label to hold its own.

NP. I am not a “Northwestern mom", and I don't think PP is necessarily one either. But the “Northwestern moms” line is funny, because Northwestern has a much larger endowment, stronger finances, and plenty of its own institutional prestige.

The people clinging hardest to the Ivy "+" label are usually the ones trying to use it as a substitute for more substantive arguments. Desparate!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Northwestern is not considered an Ivy Plus college by Harvard, Yale or Princeton.

UChicago is.

For graduate programs, maybe. But no way for undergraduate. It’s just not a top 10.

lol...is Harvard in on some conspiracy?

https://library.harvard.edu/visit/visitor-access-borrowing-cards
Our partnership with BorrowDirect allows physical access to our libraries to affiliates of fellow Ivy Plus institutions: Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Duke University, Johns Hopkins University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Princeton University, Stanford University, University of Chicago, University of Pennsylvania, and Yale University.

How laughable to use Ivy Plus library access as proof of prestige. That is like saying students from two schools can use the same vending machine, so what? BorrowDirect is a library access agreement. That is all. And in 2026, when so much academic material is digital anyway, using library access as a prestige signal is absurd.

The way simpletons reason is honestly ridiculous.

NP. The Ivy Plus Libraries consortium isn’t some holy list but it’s not like they’re just including any university in that group. You have to be deemed an “Ivy Plus” to be a member but I understand that probably upsets the Northwestern moms. Not something to get super worked up about regardless because Chicago doesn’t need to cling to the “Ivy Plus” label to hold its own.

NP. I am not a “Northwestern mom", and I don't think PP is necessarily one either. But the “Northwestern moms” line is funny, because Northwestern has a much larger endowment, stronger finances, and plenty of its own institutional prestige.

The people clinging hardest to the Ivy "+" label are usually the ones trying to use it as a substitute for more substantive arguments. Desparate!

Agreed on the last part. So it was hilarious when a Northwestern mom made a whole post complaining that it wasn’t a part of the Ivy Plus Libraries! Truly desperate to cling to that label — a signal of weakness.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Northwestern is not considered an Ivy Plus college by Harvard, Yale or Princeton.

UChicago is.

For graduate programs, maybe. But no way for undergraduate. It’s just not a top 10.

lol...is Harvard in on some conspiracy?

https://library.harvard.edu/visit/visitor-access-borrowing-cards
Our partnership with BorrowDirect allows physical access to our libraries to affiliates of fellow Ivy Plus institutions: Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Duke University, Johns Hopkins University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Princeton University, Stanford University, University of Chicago, University of Pennsylvania, and Yale University.

How laughable to use Ivy Plus library access as proof of prestige. That is like saying students from two schools can use the same vending machine, so what? BorrowDirect is a library access agreement. That is all. And in 2026, when so much academic material is digital anyway, using library access as a prestige signal is absurd.

The way simpletons reason is honestly ridiculous.

NP. The Ivy Plus Libraries consortium isn’t some holy list but it’s not like they’re just including any university in that group. You have to be deemed an “Ivy Plus” to be a member but I understand that probably upsets the Northwestern moms. Not something to get super worked up about regardless because Chicago doesn’t need to cling to the “Ivy Plus” label to hold its own.

NP. I am not a “Northwestern mom", and I don't think PP is necessarily one either. But the “Northwestern moms” line is funny, because Northwestern has a much larger endowment, stronger finances, and plenty of its own institutional prestige.

The people clinging hardest to the Ivy "+" label are usually the ones trying to use it as a substitute for more substantive arguments. Desparate!

Agreed on the last part. So it was hilarious when a Northwestern mom made a whole post complaining that it wasn’t a part of the Ivy Plus Libraries! Truly desperate to cling to that label — a signal of weakness.

Agreed on weakness part.

Not NU mom, but if I remember correctly, the Northwestern mom post started because a Chicago mom tried to use Ivy + library access as proof of prestige. That is what made the whole thing ridiculous.

No one is desperate to cling to a library consortium. The desperation is pretending a borrowing agreement is some elite status marker. If your big flex is that your kid can walk into the same library building, then the argument is already dead.

It is basically a library card flex. Embarrassing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Northwestern is not considered an Ivy Plus college by Harvard, Yale or Princeton.

UChicago is.

For graduate programs, maybe. But no way for undergraduate. It’s just not a top 10.

lol...is Harvard in on some conspiracy?

https://library.harvard.edu/visit/visitor-access-borrowing-cards
Our partnership with BorrowDirect allows physical access to our libraries to affiliates of fellow Ivy Plus institutions: Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Duke University, Johns Hopkins University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Princeton University, Stanford University, University of Chicago, University of Pennsylvania, and Yale University.

How laughable to use Ivy Plus library access as proof of prestige. That is like saying students from two schools can use the same vending machine, so what? BorrowDirect is a library access agreement. That is all. And in 2026, when so much academic material is digital anyway, using library access as a prestige signal is absurd.

The way simpletons reason is honestly ridiculous.

NP. The Ivy Plus Libraries consortium isn’t some holy list but it’s not like they’re just including any university in that group. You have to be deemed an “Ivy Plus” to be a member but I understand that probably upsets the Northwestern moms. Not something to get super worked up about regardless because Chicago doesn’t need to cling to the “Ivy Plus” label to hold its own.

NP. I am not a “Northwestern mom", and I don't think PP is necessarily one either. But the “Northwestern moms” line is funny, because Northwestern has a much larger endowment, stronger finances, and plenty of its own institutional prestige.

The people clinging hardest to the Ivy "+" label are usually the ones trying to use it as a substitute for more substantive arguments. Desparate!

Agreed on the last part. So it was hilarious when a Northwestern mom made a whole post complaining that it wasn’t a part of the Ivy Plus Libraries! Truly desperate to cling to that label — a signal of weakness.

Agreed on weakness part.

Not NU mom, but if I remember correctly, the Northwestern mom post started because a Chicago mom tried to use Ivy + library access as proof of prestige. That is what made the whole thing ridiculous.

No one is desperate to cling to a library consortium. The desperation is pretending a borrowing agreement is some elite status marker. If your big flex is that your kid can walk into the same library building, then the argument is already dead.

It is basically a library card flex. Embarrassing.

No genuine “Chicago mom” cares as much about this library thing as you do.

— a “Chicago mom”

[Anonymous]

Some of you really need to reflect on why you turn every single Chicago thread into sniping about admissions practices. It is unwell behavior. It really isn’t normal at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is great news but of course you have to read the fine print. Hopefully all other elite schools will follow suit.

Actually, Chicago is following other elite schools.

They are not the first with this idea.

And honestly, rather than doing this, why not just lower tuition by $20,000 for everyone?

250,000 is already quite wealthy. Most of the families will fall below this threshold, which means a very small number of families will be paying their over inflated tuition while others have zero skin in the game

I wish!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is great news but of course you have to read the fine print. Hopefully all other elite schools will follow suit.

Actually, Chicago is following other elite schools.

They are not the first with this idea.

And honestly, rather than doing this, why not just lower tuition by $20,000 for everyone?

250,000 is already quite wealthy. Most of the families will fall below this threshold, which means a very small number of families will be paying their over inflated tuition while others have zero skin in the game

That’s not how the math works out at all.

Most families at Chicago will not qualify for aid under this policy. The Chicago student body leans very wealthy, even though the school is ostensibly need blind, because they strongly prefer students from expensive private schools and with other indicia of wealth. Thus, most students at Chicago come from families making over 250k/year.

Also, a substantial number of families making under 250k/year will not qualify for aid under this policy because Chicago will decide that they have more than “typical” assets.

Thus it would cost Chicago a great deal more to lower tuition by 20k for everyone than it does to announce this policy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some of you really need to reflect on why you turn every single Chicago thread into sniping about admissions practices. It is unwell behavior. It really isn’t normal at all.

Because it’s fun to expose the wannabe Karen Chicago moms.

[Anonymous]

More posturing to keep pace with the other “elite” colleges. Meant to keep applications up and acceptance rates down.