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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would prefer fewer gimmicks and more thinking about why tuition is so high and what we can do about it.

Our income is such that there is no financial aid for us.  That doesn't mean 70k per year is affordable. We had our son late, had some career changes along the way and have some health issues.  We expect graduate school in our son's future.

Where will the money come from for this plan? Raising tuition on people like me.

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Did either of you even read this thread before commenting?  The money for this plan does not come from full pay people.  It comes from the big pot of Texas oil money and other funds in Rice's very large endowment.  If it drives you insane that people who are less wealthy than you might pay less to attend the school, just don't have your kid apply to Rice, or the Ivies, or other generous ones like Bowdoin, Amherst, or Pomona.

If your kids are actually academically talented enough to get in to any of those schools, then they will be able to get merit aid at public schools or private ones that are stingier with financial aid, so there is zero reason for you to feel bitter.

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The only person who is bitter is you.

PP above shared some very reasonable preferences, essentially saying she'd like the US admissions process to resemble that of most colleges in any other developed country.

If you think that's bitter, that says a lot about your incapacity for debate.[/quote]

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