You'd have to make a quarter million dollars a year and have no other siblings in college (I think they even take into account medical expenses) to not qualify

You'd have to make a quarter million dollars a year and have no other siblings in college (I think they even take into account medical expenses) to not qualify for something That may be true, but if you come from a middle class family you would not qualify for a full scholarship. Instead you would likely get a grant, loans, and work-study. When I applied for college in 1998, private schools cost $25k per year, and schools offered me $10-15k in grants and the rest in work study and loans (I am from an upper middle class family and had a brother in college at the same time). I chose to go to UCLA because tuition was $4k per year and my parents could write a check so I graduated debt free. If Minerva is going to succeed, it needs to offer something comparable to and cheaper than a top tier state school instead of focusing on Ivy's.