Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It's already a barbell at the top privates. The kids either have gobs of money (think travel via chartered private jets).... or they are on scholarship. There's no one at these schools with two middle manager parents.
Agree.
The middle is the majority, how come top colleges/privates are not thinking what they are creating? Why high stat kids from MC family gets overlooked for rich or low income families? In other words, kids from MC are being discriminated by top colleges due to not their performance but due to family income.
Because it's a business. And their business priorities are
1) Grow the endowment (richy rich people)
2) Create mobility for the underprivileged (take care of the poor)
Middle-class families are not their priority bc middle-class families can access a college education. It may not be Yale but they can go to Uconn for example.
Anonymous wrote:Plenty of rich kids have stats through the roof, along with EC talents that will benefit their schools. Rich does not equal not extremely bright.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It's already a barbell at the top privates. The kids either have gobs of money (think travel via chartered private jets).... or they are on scholarship. There's no one at these schools with two middle manager parents.
Agree.
The middle is the majority, how come top colleges/privates are not thinking what they are creating? Why high stat kids from MC family gets overlooked for rich or low income families? In other words, kids from MC are being discriminated by top colleges due to not their performance but due to family income.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It's already a barbell at the top privates. The kids either have gobs of money (think travel via chartered private jets).... or they are on scholarship. There's no one at these schools with two middle manager parents.
Agree.
The middle is the majority, how come top colleges/privates are not thinking what they are creating? Why high stat kids from MC family gets overlooked for rich or low income families? In other words, kids from MC are being discriminated by top colleges due to not their performance but due to family income.
Anonymous wrote:I'm a Georgetown alum. No, it's not surprising.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This is why state flagships are seeing more and more high stats students.
+100
Yale is 95-100K/year all in now.
They show that donut hole families have the lowest acceptance rate at these schools.
They want richy-rich or poor. The first will yield and pay, the second will go for free or get a large chunk of need-based aid.
The donut hole have to really think if they can get by and figure out loans/financing on their own. More yield risk.
This^. Donut hole are yield risk because they shop around for best deal. Wealthy and full aid tend to be sure shots.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This is why state flagships are seeing more and more high stats students.
+100
Yale is 95-100K/year all in now.
They show that donut hole families have the lowest acceptance rate at these schools.
They want richy-rich or poor. The first will yield and pay, the second will go for free or get a large chunk of need-based aid.
The donut hole have to really think if they can get by and figure out loans/financing on their own. More yield risk.
Anonymous wrote:I think this shows schools that care more about wealth than diversity, and where is might be an advantage to be full pay.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It's already a barbell at the top privates. The kids either have gobs of money (think travel via chartered private jets).... or they are on scholarship. There's no one at these schools with two middle manager parents.
Agree.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This is why state flagships are seeing more and more high stats students.
100%
I have an uw 4.0/4.4gpa (tough private school) and 36 ACT, 5s all APs and is going in-state next year. We make a good income--would be rich outside of DMV. But--$85-90k/year for more than one kid is crazy when the in-state option is ranked 24 in the Nation.
UVA talks of privatization all the time since they get almost zero funding from the state. If that happens, they are going to shoot up even higher than 24.
How? The State owns their land and facilities and their endowment.
This is old, but interesting:
https://www.c-ville.com/uva-eyes-privatization-as-public-funds-diminish/