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Harvard to cancel tuition for families
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Absolutely, except for the "mom and dad "reconcile" and get back together" part.
Most likely they take both parents' incomes into account, regardless. So, not feasible.
Our counter punch is to cut funding for millennial scholars and Schreyer so they can go to Harvard .
when ever an article like this comes up I always advocate for the Georgia Hope scholarship program. Have to live in Georgia and go last 2 years high school at a Georgia high school (can be private) and then based on grades and test score get 80 or 100% tuition covered. It's not means based, its merit based. Paid for by state lottery. Both my kids had Zell Miller (100%) and graduated debt free, one from UGA on from GT. When my dad who was a Penn State grad found out about it he stated agitating state representatives to use PA lottery money for that instead of paying for "elder services". So if you got kids who are younger than 11 grade, move to Georgiamaking $200k or less per year. It will cancel tuition room and board for families making less than $100k per year.
Harvard admits about 3.5% of its applicants each year.
Have at it folks.
Harvard says tuition will be free for families making $200K or less
The expansion will enable approximately 86% of U.S. families to qualify for Harvard College’s financial aid, the college said.abcnews.go.com
So a couple things
1. The tuition break is need based but the kid still has to make the grades to be accepted into Harvard. They accept 3.5% of those that apply. That should be merit enough
2. In general, Georgia's school system is horrible.
Our counter punch is to cut funding for millennial scholars and Schreyer so they can go to Harvard .
You want Scheyer, you gotta pay for it. Looking for a freebie? Go to Harvard. You get what you pay for.
maybe but Georgia Tech for free is definitely not horrible...........
Possibly is but I believe the CSS requires both parents to complete (unlike FAFSA where only the main parent supporting the child needs to) so it’s possible the number would still flag that kid as having too high a house hold income to qualify.
That being said, it’s not like aid goes to $0 at $200,001 income. The Ivies tend to give some financial assistance at even relatively high household income.
So, Georgia uses poor, desperate and dumb people (i.e. the lottery players) to fund comparatively smart people, many of whom are well off, going to a state school at a substantial discount?
Good job, Georgia.
My Niece did this at UGA as well with the Hope and I believe Georgia is also in a reciprocal agreement with other neighboring states like TN where if you are from GA and go to TN they will give you in state tuition - PSU and PA in general do little if anything to help PA residents when it comes to college assistance.
Correct. Also, $200K isn't even "relatively high household income," depending on where you live. The backwoods of Mississippi have a much different COLA than NY/NJ/MA/CA cities and burbs. Sending 2 or 3 kids to an Ivy-priced college isn't really possible if you're paying full freight and making $210K in the Boston burbs, unless you have very specific life circumstances (a rich family funding you, etc.)
That is because the schools have to raise tuition for everyone who pays to cover the cost for everyone who does not.
Moogy makes a good point. That lottery money would be better served to improve Georgia schools Right now, it appears that they are ranked #25. So, maybe better than I originally thought. But, moving that money to the Georgia school system would be able to vastly improve them.
This is why states like Massachusetts will never have to worry about being bested by states like Georgia in anything important.
I'm all for supporting higher education ... in fact, I think state colleges/universities should be free (a BA/BS is equivalent to what a HS degree used to be) ... but having the poor fund the less-poor-to-well-off is freaking tragic.
Likely just a PR move as many of these elitest schools are dealing with poor press recently.
Do you think if a BA/BS became free that MA/MS would be the new HS degree?
I often wonder if making education available to all and free (which seems to have a positive social value) has lessened its value.
Is his boss Mike Felli ?"His boss may champion him as a H man himself"
H man?? Human?
It would only make sense IMHO if in order to get the "free" education that a person would have to qualify by getting certain standardized test scores. Most places in Europe with free taxpayer education have significant testing that makes you eligible to pursue specific degrees.
That would make sense... but it doesn't seem to work that way for HS diplomas in the US. I am not sure if anyone that wants to graduate HS has any issue with getting a diploma. The schools are rated by graduation rates, drop the rigor and increase the rates.
And IMHO BA/BS rigor has also dropped significantly in the past 40 years.
You have to figure the true number is even lower than that once you include admissions taken by legacies, athletes, musicians, and other groups.
That‘s probably because they get a lot of trash applicants.
”2.2 GPA, 930 SAT. I‘m applying to Harvard for sh|ts and giggles. Gotta to be in it to win it.”
Nope. Valedictorians rejected.
Why?
Ended up sending my kid to Gettysburg where he was 10th in his graduating class.
Harvard gets a lot of applications from PA. It’s well known that a lesser-qualified applicant from Alaska has a better chance of getting in (not much lesser-qualified, but still). In other words, admission to Harvard from PA is extremely competitive.
The above chart depicting acceptance rates for Med Schools for your respective GPA and MCAT score is scary.
82% Acceptance rate with a GPA over 3.8 and a 90 ish percentile score on MCAT. Over 300 acceptances with a GPA under 2.8.
82% Acceptance rate with a GPA over 3.8 and a 90 ish percentile score on MCAT. Over 300 acceptances with a GPA under 2.8.
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There are 20,000 high schools in the United States. Harvard accepts, what, 2000 per freshman class.