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In response to "the real issue here is that the US college system is yet another scam designed to rip as much free cash from middle and lower classes as possible." by chicken daddy

Fwiw, Harvard is free if your family income is less than 65k and reduced all the way up to 150k. Stanford had a similar deal and others may too. -- nm

Posted by Reagen Aug 3 '21, 09:56

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I believe all if not most of the Ivys and their ilk (ND, Duke, etc) also do this - need based aid versus merit based. -- nm - rollo Aug 3, 09:59 9
- well then why is there any school debt? -- nm - chicken daddy Aug 3, 10:04 2
  - I imagine their acceptance rate is seriously low plus not to put too fine a point on it but the average student from a household with that level of - oblique Aug 3, 10:22
  - Because ONLY these schools do it this way, and most people go to other schools or fall into income categories that don't qualify, yet still find the - rollo Aug 3, 10:13
- for how many though? 5 actual students a year? -- nm - Pippy Aug 3, 10:01 5
  - data is here, it's a little obscured, but seems like about half receive SOME financial aid. -- (link) - chicken daddy Aug 3, 10:02 4
    - Each year our private university offered us Stafford loans under the label of "financial aid". The whole process is shit -- nm - oblique Aug 3, 10:32 2
      - And, this. -- nm - znufrii Aug 3, 10:34
      - Yes and ... the Stafford loans are/were the GOOD ones. -- nm - rollo Aug 3, 10:34
    - thanks -- nm - Pippy Aug 3, 10:04

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