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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just posted this in the UVA thread. It really is an effed up system. People that were careless get rewarded and people that scrimped and saved and built wealth and equity through long hours and sacrifice are expected to drain three entire savings. Their kids end up not going to the elite private universities while their neighbors with no 529s, family wealth so they work at non-profits making little $ since their parents bought their homes and paid for their college have kids that meet the “need based” criteria and go virtually free to Ivies and places like Hopkins. Our system is broken.[/quote]

It's hard to read your run-on sentence. But I think what you are saying is kids who go to Ivies and Hopkins do so because their parents come from families with money, which allows them to work for low salaries. Is that correct?[/quote]

I think PP is saying neighbors hide income or otherwise situate themselves to get aid they don't deserve. Neighbor's kid gets an elite education for free, while the PP can only send kiddo to state.

This seems to be the knee jerk assumption as soon as someone fills out an aid form.  But I think they don't begin to know what actually happens.  It's only extremely low income that are getting free rides. People who offhand mention they received aid or a merit scholarship, often are not giving out details.  These tend to be small coupons and school is still significantly more than the in-state options.  These tend to be at lesser schools.

But what people are ignoring, is the article is only partly about aid going to the lower income students.  More importantly admission boost go to the wealthy students who have better recommendations and ECs coming out of elite private schools.  That's where the real discrepancy is seen.  But everyone's just re-hashing their previous gripes.[/quote]

Not at Ivies, Hopkins, etc.  and at UNC if you make 150K or below you go completely free.

Here are some of the Ivy League colleges that offer [b]needs-based free college tuition packages for undergrads[/b]:
Princeton University.
Harvard University.
Columbia University.
Yale University.
Brown University.
Cornell University.
Dartmouth College.
University of Pennsylvania.[/quote]

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