My son was recruited by Harvard. He ultimately did not get in but during the process I learned that for families with under $100K tuition is free. For those over $100K you pay progressively more of the tuition depending on income.
100k if gross income per year?
Maybe that's how Obummer got to go there?
When I graduated from high school ('61) I looked into GM Technical Institute which granted BSME degrees and had a co-op program with GM divisions. I think tuition was folded into your salary during your six month OJT experience. I picked Chevy engineering for my division sponsor (I wanted to work for Zora Arkus-Duntov) and nearly made the cut. I was not selected because of my vision (20/400 uncorrectable right eye), Chevy required 20/20 uncorrected both eyes for anyone driving on the proving ground track. Damn!
Regards,
GtG
Yeah, the Ivy League tend to be better at getting their students scholarships. The people that pay very much to go to them tend to be legacy students or really wealthy. That’s one reason why it’s so hard to get into them. They are basically buying intelligent lower-income (by that I mean not-upper class) kids to keep up their prestige in the school rankings, and they can afford to do it.
The schools that soak up all the money for the student loans are state universities handing out a ton of women’s studies and other useless degrees and a few good private schools that aren’t quite Ivy League.