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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There was an article in the New York Times a few years ago about the underlying strategy elite and heavily endowed private schools use in making financial aid decisions.  While schools provide financial aid to families of lower and middle income, they will also provide aid to higher income families based on certain life circumstances.  While they can pay most of the tuition, there may be extenuating circumstances that prevent them from being able to pay full tuition.  It is not as uncommon or "disgusting" as you think.  Schools don't want to lose existing families who need some aid but not a significant amount.  This is not unusual so get over it and yourself.  The families don't go around telling people so they don't face ridicule from people like the PP.[/quote]

that's fair, but the 375K poster didn't say he/she was facing some kind of life circumstance that made it hard for her/him to pay tuition. he/she said the school offered so why not take it.[/quote]

Is that hard to read between the lines? If the poster has a HHI of $375K and is getting 10% aid OBVIOUSLY there is a financial situation that they disclosed and verified on the financial aid application. Why does the poster need to air all their dirty laundry for you to be comfortable with the schools decision?[/quote]

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