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[quote=Anonymous]Socio-economic diversity is more available to schools with more money (no kidding). Schools can be philosophically committed to diversity, but without a big endowment and huge fund raising resources, they can only give a limited scholarships. All schools need their tuition, but some are far more tuition dependent for immediate survival than others. Places like Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Saint Albans and Sidwell have far deeper resources than some of the newer (relatively) schools. To say one school claims commitment to diversity but has some small % fewer FA students is just snide, and doesn't look at the whole picture. If you want to consider whether they are "putting their money where their mouth is" try comparing the % of the total endowment or endowment generated income that goes to FA. Or, whether the school has donors that cough up huge sums for buildings, or needs to use this year's tuition dollars for basic upkeep, etc. [/quote]
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