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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is kind of not fair. Why not just lower the amount for everyone? [/quote]

A qualified student should not miss out on an education because of money.   If a student has a high SAT score, high GPA, has accomplished extraordinary things outside of school while living with their single mother and three siblings in a two bedroom apartment they don’t have a dollar to spare, they don’t need the burden of how to pay.  Family income is 35k a year.

Compare that to the kid with high SAT and high GPA.  He counted on prep classes and
 3x a week private tutor hat his mom kept track of.  He was good at sports and also had private coaching but still not college material for sports.   Family income is 500k a year

Without the free tuition the second, slightly less qualified one would go to college.  The first one would get a job instead wasting great talent.

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I support the trend of wealthy schools making it more affordable for poor and middle class kids (and then some) to attend, but you’re overstating your case here.

Somewhere between paying to attend a school like Princeton or Hopkins or forgoing college and working a job is the option of going to a perfectly good state university for a lot less money (though admittedly even that option would be unaffordable for low income families without help).

So, yes, a qualified student should not miss out on an education because of money — we’re all the poorer when that happens. But there are other options besides going to one of the most expensive schools in the country.

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