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Nikia

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4. College aid does vary considerably between colleges

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Sat May 11, 2013, 11:36 AM

May 2013

I would encourage top low income students to target top schools with generous and aid packages and forget the schools that don't. As stated by the article, there are several top colleges that are very generous with need based financial aid.
As a "needy" student, I did go to the college that offered me the best aid package. It was an equivalent or better college than where I would have had to pay $10,000/year more so I didn't consider it a bad thing.

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Colleges Soak Poor Students to Funnel Aid to Rich [View all] xchrom May 2013 OP

Maybe because I haven't been up long . . . enlightenment May 2013 #1

BU is a money pit. But then again it's a private school Recursion May 2013 #3

Ummm... what does the average rich student at BU pay? Recursion May 2013 #2

College aid does vary considerably between colleges Nikia May 2013 #4

College is an industry. Their goal is to maximize revenue. lumberjack_jeff May 2013 #5