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Re:The Ivy League Doesn’t Need Taxpayers’ Help by maguay on Monday October 17, 2016 @09:22PM (#12731282)
Perhaps the worst part is how few students who could truly use that financial aid simply don't apply to Ivy League schools since they think they'd never be able to pay for them.

I didn't know this until long after starting college.

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Re:The Ivy League Doesn’t Need Taxpayers’ Help by tedunangst on Monday October 17, 2016 @09:25PM (#12731293)
It doesn't help that there's a long line of very angry people telling anybody who will listen "you'll never get in, only rich snobs go there".
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Re:The Ivy League Doesn’t Need Taxpayers’ Help by allemagne on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @12:27PM (#12736052)
Are you trying to say that the real issue here is bias against the rich and powerful?
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Re:The Ivy League Doesn’t Need Taxpayers’ Help by tedunangst on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @03:48PM (#12738020)
Telling lower middle class students that they shouldn't attend or even apply to elite schools seems like a poor strategy to reduce the power of the elites.
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