Maybe - but if you are very rich it makes complete sense to just go there and suck up the cost so that you can be even richer in the future. From talking to pe

Maybe - but if you are very rich it makes complete sense to just go there and suck up the cost so that you can be even richer in the future. From talking to people with college age kids in the states it seems that assistance for talent is largely gone, assistance for social position is still available. The issue I can see with this (as an outsider) is that there are very many kids right at the bottom of the social scale - assisting them makes lots of sense. But step one rung up (I'm not sure what the cut offs are but they seem very low) and no matter what talent you have you will get no assistance. This could generate a lot of resentment down the line...