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Re:The American Dream Is Alive in Finland by vasilipupkin on Monday July 11, 2016 @04:35PM (#12074309)
this is just really not the case in the US. Top universities have need blind admissions - they will subsidize for you to attend. There are in state tuition universities that are affordable, there are grants, scholarships, etc. Percentage of Americans with college degrees is really not any lower than in Europe
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Re:The American Dream Is Alive in Finland by Turing_Machine on Monday July 11, 2016 @04:53PM (#12074498)
Yes. Just about everybody at the elite schools (e.g., Harvard) gets a significant amount of financial aid.
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Re:The American Dream Is Alive in Finland by nkurz on Monday July 11, 2016 @06:51PM (#12075421)
That's misleading. While it's over half, and while those to do receive aid receive a substantial amount, it's very far from "about everybody":

Undergraduate Cost And Financial Aid

Families with students on scholarship pay an average of $11,500 annually toward the cost of a Harvard education. More than 65 percent of Harvard College students receive scholarship aid, and the average grant this year is $46,000.

http://www.harvard.edu/about-harvard/harvard-glance

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