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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Of course Big 3/5 schools will have better college acceptance rates than publics.  Publics have lots of kids who don't even go to college, and/or cannot afford to go to college. It's an apples to orange comparison.[/quote]
So many top colleges now are tuition-free or require zero financial contribution for middle class families or those who make even less. Almost no one at the top privates falls in that category.[/quote]

The top colleges are still heavily skewed to the wealthy and ultra-wealthy.  The top 1% of the population by income comprise around 15% of the student body at Ivy schools. Sure, if you are lucky enough to get accepted as middle class, then it is free...however, the schools still prefer to admit kids with high GPAs, strong test scores, impressive ECs, athletes (which outside of revenue sports skew wealthy to ultra-wealthy), etc.  All the things that wealthy kids present much better than middle-class kids (BTW, wealthy public kids at a Whitman or Langley also have this advantage).[/quote]

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