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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]this is going to sound very classist, but if 45% of Harvard’s student is from low enough SES to qualify for free tuition, it doesn’t sound great for the network if its a bunch of FGLI kids making friends with each other but woth no parental networks to leverage. And then the super rich private school kids stick together. Then you are left with just the quality of the Harvatd undergrad education, which sounds like its not much better than many lower ranked schools…[/quote]

I think it’s great that half the incoming class pays no tuition.  There have always been students who should have been at Harvard but never bothered to apply because the family couldn’t afford it.  Now it’s more likely that they are getting the best students.  Students unlikely to have relied on private tutors or attend silly ECs that parents chose for them.  If they went to private schools it was probably on merit scholarships.   Some of the lowest income kids might be responsible for younger siblings while a single mother worked long hours.

Tufts is free tuition to families whose income is below $150k.   This will take the place of DEI.  [/quote]

Nah. It’s still missing all the families making $200-400k in HCOL areas who won’t get aid and can’t pay the full cost and still afford retirement and their mortgage. [/quote]

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