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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t understand the schools that claim high tuition but absolutely none of their students pay that price.

Just reduce to the max rate, then give your scholarships from there.[/quote]
They're delusional and like to price at their "peers" rate. For example, Oberlin believes its closest peers are Bowdoin, Wesleyan, Middlebury, Colgate, Haverford, and Vassar. The only one of these schools who they aren't immediately losing students to is Vassar, and Vassar is foolish enough to believe it is competing with Williams.

[url]https://www.chronicle.com/article/who-does-your-college-think-its-peers-are?sra=true#id=197133[/url][/quote]

I just read the article, and am guessing that PP didn't read it.

Yes, Oberlin listed these six schools as being among their 16 "peers."  But guess what?  Haverford, Wesleyan , Vassar, and Middlebury reciprocated and listed Oberlin as their peer.  Moreover, schools like Swarthmore, Pomona, Carleton, Wellesley, Smith, and  Carleton are among the additional colleges naming Oberlin as a peer.

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Maybe in 2010. Do you today think that Williams, Swarthmore, Pomona, or Wellesley are peers to Oberlin? What about the average applicant out there today?[/quote]

Where did you get 2010 from?

The article is from the 2022-23 annual submissions from each college, on which other colleges it identifies as a "peer."  
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It's not USNWR or niche or whatever. Instead, it's colleges assessing their own peers. It's actually pretty interesting, even if it doesn't fit your narrative of trying to knock Oberlin. In fact, Oberlin comes off looking pretty great as assessed by other colleges [/quote]

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