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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DC is at Princeton. He was not pointy. Big public high school. Strong GPA, class rigor, test scores, etc. He played a varsity sport throughout HS, was in the audition-only jazz choir. Strong writer, enjoyed learning, good relationships with his teachers. Not a legacy, not a recruited athlete, not URM. We joke that maybe he got in because he was homecoming king.[/quote]

Full pay?[/quote]

Everyone at an ivy is full pay except those with low incomes. [/quote]

This is so not true. [/quote]

I was at a consortium recently with presentations from 8 AOs from diff schools. Yale, Brown and Harvard said this precise thing. Each also said their income thresholds for free tuition and also tuition, room and board. All but one offer nothing other than need based scholarships.

Brown: https://finaid.brown.edu/aid-types/grants-scholarships#:~:text=Brown%20University%20does%20not%20offer,determined%20solely%20on%20financial%20need.

Yale: https://finaid.yale.edu/costs-affordability/types-aid/scholarships-and-grants#YS

Harvard: https://college.harvard.edu/financial-aid/how-aid-works#:~:text=There%20are%20no%20merit%2Dbased,all%20of%20your%20demonstrated%20need.

Columbia: https://www.cc-seas.columbia.edu/content/does-columbia-offer-merit-scholarships

Cornell: https://finaid.cornell.edu/types-of-aid/grants-and-scholarships

Penn: https://admissions.upenn.edu/affording-penn/how-it-works#:~:text=Penn%20does%20not%20offer%20merit,US%2C%20Canada%2C%20and%20Mexico.

Princeton: https://admission.princeton.edu/cost-aid/how-financial-aid-works#:~:text=Princeton%20financial%20aid%20is%20awarded,not%20considered%20when%20awarding%20aid.

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I think PP was indicating that there are plenty of kids receiving something between 0% and 100% FA.

They don’t give you 100% if you make $200k (up to $300k at a Princeton), but you will get something.[/quote]

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