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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The problem with QB and colleges with low income kids is nobody gives them a crash course in social dynamics when you throw $65k kids into a pool where the majority are wealthy and super wealthy.

Lots of focus on academics and traditional college life, but nobody gives the “scared straight” talk about how jarring the different socio-economic strata may be.

There was an article several years back about how one Ivy school (it may have been Princeton) would give FA kids free tickets to student events and what not (that required an entry fee), but you had to wait in a separate line that basically “outed” you as poor.  Well, the poor kids just stopped going until someone in the administration asked.

Also, it was only recently that many of these schools decided that they wouldn’t have students do work study in the dining halls, because it just created a terrible dynamic betweeen rich and poor.

Maybe they are starting to wake up to this…don’t know.[/quote]

It depends on what statistics you look at.  Princeton has reported that over 60% of students now receive some financial aid, but no doubt the student body is predominantly drawn from higher-income families. [/quote]

Princeton is I think the most generous with FA.  They give some $$s for incomes up to $300k and don't count house equity.  I think the 60% figure includes a decent number of people getting $10k or something like that.

Still, a kid coming from a $300k family is probably better adjusted to the social environment than a QB kid.[/quote]

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