GenArt

Thanks for posting this. Many posters here seem to be ignorant of that fact that poor high schoolers with excellent grades and other accolades regularly get into top institutions - including Ivy League schools - and pay zero tuition due to generous financial aid packages.

If you can't afford college but you have enough of a support system to get good grades and extracurriculars, there's a good chance you'll get into a good university with a generous financial aid program. If you get into a top university and your parents make combined <$100,000/yr, it's likely you won't have to pay any tuition at all.