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The fees you’re describing are not really proportional with the median pay difference, which is more or less my point. The acceptance difference isn’t really t
by endisneigh 4y ago
The fees you’re describing are not really proportional with the median pay difference, which is more or less my point.
The acceptance difference isn’t really that great, either. Not sure what property valuations have to do with anything.
For example at all of the ivy leagues there’s no significant difference in tuition for major nor is there really a substantial difference in acceptance rate. Some, like Columbia have different schools, but even within them majors, and prospects, differ.
- analog31 4y agoHigher property taxes pay for kids to study in schools where they have a chance of preparing for entry into a competitive STEM program. I taught at a university where students were given a math placement exam before being assigned their freshman courses. Getting into Calculus and passing it with a good grade was a sorting hat for what major you could study. Fees proportional to pay sounds like an income tax.
- endisneigh 4y agoAgain what is the connection between higher property taxes and this competitiveness you’re referring to? California for example has proposition 13 which fixes the tax. Are kids in California less prepared? New Hampshire has higher property tax rates than Massachusetts- are they doing better? Etc. Even if it were true, the most expensive schools are private and so property taxes still would have little relevance to the discussion at hand.