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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I guess this year's USNWR ranking really matters if you now place emphasis on the number of Pell Grant recipients when choosing a college[/quote]

I do if a school has an endowment the size of a small country. I expect them to have the resources to recruit the best and brightest academically. They’ve always done that for athletes so I want to see that for all students.  [/quote]

TBH, these rich schools don't give a whit about the poor. They accept multiples of kids from families in the top quintile than in the bottom.[/quote]

+1. More kids come from families in the top 1 percent than in the bottom 50 percent[/quote]

for sure. for MOST kids, it takes money to have all these advantages. but this is why some of us also care about the Pell numbers and are happy to see this in these rankings.  the time is over for just the WASPiest kids to walk in.  I want to see the kids with merit to have access to the top, despite their ability to pay 90k year. [/quote]

Agree. Also, some kids might LOOK "WASPiest" to you, but might be first gen, you really have no idea. [/quote]

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