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3. Be very poor and very smart and go to any of the world's best institutions for free. This is something that a lot of low income students never take into acc
by L_Rahman 13y ago
3. Be very poor and very smart and go to any of the world's best institutions for free.
This is something that a lot of low income students never take into account when applying to schools. The fact of the matter is that most of America's top tier institutions will cover cost of tuition, as well as housing, for most of its poorer students.
- gph 13y agoSo, be in the top 2-5% and come from poverty? That might work for a few, but it seems a bit unrealistic of a policy for affordable higher education for the rest of us.
- L_Rahman 13y agoIn most of the schools I was considering the family annual income cutoff is around $65k a year. That's below the median for the country, and covers most of the lower and lower middle class. That's a pretty substantial part of this country. As for being in the top 2-5%, that unfortunately is still a requirement.