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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I hate threads like this.  The idea that “full pay” makes a lot of difference is both elitist and wrong.  Most schools that take ability to pay into account only do it at the margins and most decent schools don’t do it at all.  So, no, you can’t buy your kid’s way into college just buy showing you can pay the tuition. [/quote]
So naïve. There are a small number of need-blind schools (most of which have both gargantuan endowments and "high rankings") where "full pay" truly doesn't matter. Every other school will take a student who will pay $60K in tuition over an equivalent student who will pay $20K or $40K. The vast majority will take a moderately weaker $60K candidate over a moderately stronger $40K candidate or a meaningfully weaker $60K candidate over a meaningfully stronger $20K candidate. Admission officers hate that, of course, but the schools need to keep their lights on. No margin, no mission.[/quote]
How do the schools necessarily know whether you're willing to be full pay or not? Take Dayton, for example, which was mentioned on this thread. There is no question on the application whether you will be "full pay," obviously. Just because you don't qualify for aid based on FAFSA, and many, many people don't, does not mean that you will be willing to pay $60K for Dayton. [/quote]

Applicants who don’t fill out the FAFSA and zip code analysis. [/quote]

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