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When was this? Yale offers need blind admissions and full aid to those who need it - that's why they don't offer academic scholarships.

• axaxs 6y ago
  2003. They called me unsolicited and talked for an hour. He specifically said they didn't offer academic scholarships, and that perhaps I could join something like crew and go for a scholarship that way.
  • an_opabinia 6y ago
    Do you wish you had taken out the loans?
    • axaxs 6y ago
      It is rare, but every couple years I do that big what if for different scenarios in life. Just for fun mostly, but it's hard not to get frustrated when your dream life is so much better. But no, I try to have no regrets. I know enough people saddled in student loan debt who didn't get their big shot. As an introvert, I could see that being me as I probably wouldn't have networked adequately. Then there's the whole fact that I would not have my wife and daughter likely. Very Butterfly Effect like thinking.
  • caddemon 6y ago
    Ivy league schools don't offer athletics scholarships, that's been a thing for ages and is part of the actual definition of "Ivy League".
    • axaxs 6y ago
      That's interesting, and after investigating it seems this is true. I'm sure my recollection is correct, which means the recruiter with whom I spoke was perhaps misleading me, whether purposely or not.