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Re:Harvard University Richest in World Encourages Students t... by remote_phone on Saturday August 12, 2023 @10:49AM (#37100751)
One of my friends told me at one of the FAANGs, some of the employees were openly asking on financial-planning internal mailing list in how to qualify their kids for financial aid or grants because they made too much.
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Re:Harvard University Richest in World Encourages Students t... by alistairSH on Monday August 14, 2023 @09:33AM (#37120846)
That's true, there's a niche business for consulting on gaming tuition and aid (as well as college admissions in general).

FAANG engineers certainly earn enough that gaming the system isn't necessary, but "don't hate the player, hate the game" applies.

For normal middle-class families, planning for future tuition is a massive undertaking.

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Re:Harvard University Richest in World Encourages Students t... by sacnoradhq on Thursday August 17, 2023 @05:46AM (#37159347)
Biggest hack: go work for Stanford for enough years as an FTE.

https://cardinalatwork.stanford.edu/benefits-rewards/tgp/ben...

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