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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That's one way to be need blind, ignore legacy, and still get the traditional percentage of the top 1% elite SLACs desire [/quote]

lol touché[/quote]
Ha.

Face it, these schools are meant for the rich. They give spaces to the true poor for noblese oblige. They don't care about MC or UMC.[/quote]

I don’t think you can say that about a school where over a third of the incoming class is first generation college and 65% of the kids are on need-based financial aid.  Are there a lot of really rich kids? Yes.  But the majority of kids aren’t. [/quote]

That COA is a way to scare away families with 200k or 300k hhis in favor the the truly rich. Look at the schools income distribution- almost half come from the top 5%, but only 10% are from the top 5-10% another 9% from 10-20%. Those are the income brackets that are full pay or near full pay without the ability to really afford it. This is Amherst saying the rich are welcome and the poor are welcome and the bourgeoisie can take their filthy middle class values elsewhere [/quote]

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