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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s not that full pay matters, it’s that rich people spend more $$$s on SAT prep and other things that help applicants.  Thats what the article says.

One could argue it means you should spend more on that stuff vs saving for college to gain admittance to schools with great aid.

Your headline implies that schools are looking for more full pay applicants which is not what the story mentions at all.[/quote]

Exactly. Elites spend more money on coaches, club sports fees, houses to get into better school districts, private school tuition, summer programs, math tutors, spanish tutors, AP test tutors, SAT tutors, ACT tutors, writing tutors, pay to play summer programs at colleges they want admission into, you name it ... It's not just about being able to pay college tuition and not need aid. It's about all the advantages Larlo has growing up high income and spoiled (in the top 5%-ish). But let's all pretend SAT scores and GPA are all "merit" and not paid improvements.[/quote]

they may be paid for but they are real improvements.  Larlo will have higher cognitive ability than the non-larlos of the world[/quote]

And those "higher abilities" likely come from their life benefits since prior to birth.  A parent who didn't drink, ate well, got prenatal care, etc while pregnant.  Once born, great medical care, parents who read to kids daily, actively engage with them and help brain development, good schools (where there are not troubled kids distracting the teachers and other students), to the expectation that school is your job and you will do well and go to college, tutors as needed, supplemental academics and enrichment year round (no summer slide), etc.  Those have a much bigger impact than SAT test prep in HS.

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