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Fancy private schools with lots of Ivy have pretty good financial aid. If your family has a relatively low income level it might even be cheaper to attend an Iv
by zhemao 13y ago
Fancy private schools with lots of Ivy have pretty good financial aid. If your family has a relatively low income level it might even be cheaper to attend an Ivy league university than a state university.
- Spooky23 13y agoI come from a middle-class background. My family was too poor to the rich and too rich to be poor. For me, in the 90's, the choice was about $8,000 in merit aid, ~$9,000 in unsubsidized stafford loans, ~$2,000 in state subsidized loans about something like $7,000 in PLUS loans for my parents. Or $5,000 or in-state tuition.
- jjoonathan 13y agoWhich school? Harvard claims to be cheaper than state schools for 90% of Americans, although I don't know how typical they are among the ivies. https://college.harvard.edu/financial-aid/how-aid-works/fact-sheet https://college.harvard.edu/financial-aid/how-aid-works/fact... Specifically, > parents making less than $65,000 are expected to contribute $0 > Families with incomes between $65,000 and $150,000 will contribute from 0-10% of their income
- Spooky23 13y agoHarvard is different. Their endowment makes them more like a big hedge fund that happens to educate people on the side. Check the numbers at any mid-tier private university or engineering school. Maybe things are different now than in the 90s.