Massachusetts to tax ride-hailing apps, give the money to taxis

Re:Massachusetts to tax ride-hailing apps, give the money to... by CydeWeys on Sunday August 21, 2016 @10:13AM (#12330982)

> If you're smart enough to get into an elite university, you don't have to worry about the cost. Full stop.

Absolutely not. Financial aid is dependent on parents' income and wealth, regardless of parents' willingness to actually bankroll said school. The cost is significant, rivaling the average annual gross household income, but worse because you pay high interest rates on top. Don't kid yourself, worrying about the cost dissuades lots of people.

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Re:Massachusetts to tax ride-hailing apps, give the money to... by FT_intern on Sunday August 21, 2016 @10:38AM (#12331067)

if you're smart enough to get into an elite university, you're smart enough to get a full ride at an upper tier but not elite university.

And if your parents had a high enough income where you had to pay full tuition, then you already enjoyed an upper middle class upbringing.

It's a slight disadvantage and not the difference between going to Harvard and not going to college at all.

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Re:Massachusetts to tax ride-hailing apps, give the money to... by CydeWeys on Sunday August 21, 2016 @07:54PM (#12333313)

> if you're smart enough to get into an elite university, you're smart enough to get a full ride at an upper tier but not elite university.

[citation needed]. Full-ride merit scholarships are quite rare. Here's an article from 2011 that says that only 20K full ride scholarships are awarded annually across the entire US, and only 0.3% of all students get a full ride (either from any individual scholarship or a combination of them). http://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-rare-are-full-ride-scholarsh...

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