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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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