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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In other words, be rich and throw a lot of money at it and everything will turn out great. Thanks, OP![/quote]

This made me LOL because it's so true. Also, let's remember that being full pay is the single largest advantage one has in college admissions. [/quote]

Over FGLI? Are you serious?[/quote]

100%. And if folks did any real research on this instead of bemoaning that their smart white kid can't get into a school because FGLI get all the breaks, they would realize how incredibly hard and overachieving one has to be to come from a first gen, low income background and succeed at the level to receive enough financial aid to attend a top school. But let's look at all the advantages money will give you - full pay, legacy, athletic recruitment (particularly pay to play sports), attending expensive summer programs that give you and edge (eg, ED0 at UChicago). Sure, some top schools are need blind (and many of those just for US applicants - and have a good percentage of internationals will come in full pay). but many are "need aware," and full pay is an extremely big advantage at all of them. ED, which many top schools now use to fill 1/3-1/2 of their incoming classes, absolutely advantages full pay candidates. I could go on, but honestly folks need to stop punching down and actually focus on real data. [/quote] How does ED advantage full pay students over LI students even at need blind schools?[/quote]

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