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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As hopeful helpful information about Harvard costs, the following is from the school's web site:

Harvard costs what your family can afford. We make sure of that.

If your family's income is less than $85,000, you'll pay nothing.

For families who earn between $85,000 and $150,000, the expected contribution is between zero and ten percent of your annual income.

Families who earn more than $150,000 may still qualify for financial aid.

Families at all income levels who have significant assets are asked to pay more than those without assets.

For more than ninety percent of American families, Harvard costs less than a public university.

All students receive the same aid regardless of nationality or citizenship.

To learn more, check out our financial aid fact sheet or see the breakdown of the full cost of attendance. You can also compare Harvard's cost to that of other schools with the MyinTuition Quick College Cost Estimator.
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But there's always fine print and for these colleges it's "with typical assets".  so family who earn 85-150k, "with typical assets".  for Harvard, that's 200k. so for most UMC families who have been saving for our working life, even those of us making 140k, financial aid is limited. certainly not lower than public. but more generous than say a BC or some other private with pockets not quite as deep..

I'm a progressive liberal, but the idea of making these colleges need blind to international students rubs me the wrong way. American tax payers support these schools by NOT taxing their endowments and paving the highways that lead to them. (etc). I think they could be more generous to US kids.

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Thanks to Trump their endowments are taxed now. [/quote]
Which isn't fair as churches aren't taxed. Dems missed an opportunity their. [/quote]

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