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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The "let's not worry about FA for low-income families because they're going to have a hard time fitting in a school with almost exclusively upper-class and upper-middle class families" view of certain PPs is so frustrating and backwards IMO.

To me, it's basically the same type of logic as not racially integrating schools because the minority students would have a tough time fitting in the overwhelmingly white classrooms.  Or not having women in the military because it's dominated by men.[/quote]

I dont think anyone said dont worry about them.   I would think that is an awful view as well.  I think the question was are there really that high of a number of low income families applying for aid at elite schools that they could sufficiently take up all the aid available to the extent that offering aid to higher income families is truly unreasonable.  And if they are NOT applying in high enough numbers to use up the school's aid budget entirely or significantly on them...then why are they not applying or focusing on these schools?   I believe prior posters were trying to guess as to the reasons why they may not be applying en mass.[/quote]

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