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Harvard and MIT maybe, but there are thousands of mid range universities catering to middle income kids.
by freehunter 10y ago
Harvard and MIT maybe, but there are thousands of mid range universities catering to middle income kids.
- gumby 10y agoI don't know how well you know MIT, but at least when I was there I got the impression that the majority of undergrads' parents were middle or lower middle class. My high school sent a lot of kids to Harvard and other Ivy League schools and those students were about 1/3 wealthy suburban kids and 2/3 city kids, many of whom paid no tuition at all. At MIT I thought I was unusual for having attended a private school. I think the small number of schools with huge endowments (mostly not huge schools) can afford to be less financially selective. It's the fat part of the bell curve that can't afford to take the same attitude that gives rise to the problems discussed here.