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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Good, solid, high-ranking schools are where if you have certain stats and $$$$, you can pretty much predict your chances.  Elite schools, on the other hand, are crapshoot schools where you have the stats and $$$$$, but you are still not a shoo in. [/quote]

[b]Apparently at Lafayette you can’t do that. There were full pay 1580+ kids rejected last year.[/b] [/quote]

Obviously yield protection. Those kids weren't going to go there even if accepted.[/quote]

They give full tuition scholarships. [/quote]

If a student is full ride at Lafayette or full pay at ivy, s/he might choose ivy. In fact, at top ivys, most students have turned down full ride options at lesser schools. For those flushed with cash, I can easily imagine their paying full tuition for top ivies. [/quote]

There were 15000 NMF in 2019. Each can enroll at a colleges that offer full rides to NM Finalists (Alabama, Arizona, AZ State etc) but many many whose family can afford it rather attend T20 schools, even though those schools provide little/no merit aid. Most people only get one shot at an undergrad education, so the choose to spend the $$$$ rather that save money and risk regret later.[/quote]

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