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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At Harvard: 55% of our undergraduates receive need-based Harvard scholarships.

Are people taking out massive loans or is everyone just actually RICH?[/quote]

Many of the ivies give full aid to families who make up to 175k per year and some need based aid up to around 250k Household income. Full pay is for everyone 250k and above. We only started making 300k a few years ago and made less than 100k when our second kid born. Yet we are fullpay for one at an ivy and about to have a second in college, probably will also be elite and 87k. All with a 4300 per month mortgage in the DMV, and we did parochial school then magnet public for free. We do consider ourselves quite rich! We just dont spend it, we save it and live off less.
It is not that hard for over 250k to find a way, without loans, as long as they planned early and saved even 3-5k a year early on. That’s a small vacation or a less expensive car or no $16 lunch&tip 5 days a week at work when you can pack leftovers or a sandwich for $1 a day[/quote]

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