Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]All of the extremely competitive universities admissions are need blind. When you read the catalogues they make it clear that they want talented young adults to apply regardless of financial situation. One of my friends is on the board at Harvard. The whole institution takes pride in the fact that they can give every student a full ride if need be. Adding to that, in a solicitation letter to my daughter, they indicated that if the family income was 40K or less you did not have to fill out any financial aid requests. In other words, a complete full ride is provided to the truly needy. Maybe I could forge a few tax forms... Many of the other elite universities do similar things. The elite schools really are trying to bring the best and brightest to their campuses. Unfortunately, many outstanding young adults doubt the words and do not bother to try to get in. As a country and a world we will be the poorer for not putting the finest young adults in the finest educational institutions. Don dorysrus@mindspring.com -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+dorysrus=mindspring.com@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+dorysrus=mindspring.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Scott McLoughlin Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2004 7:57 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] RE: Leica donation to students Unless something has changed, Harvard undergrad is "need blind." They admit a class a students and figure out the finances later - luxury of a giant endowment, I guess. They make an assessment of how much each student and his/her parents can pay by examining tax returns, and then arrange to make up the difference with loans (with some cap, was $10K/year or so in the '80s) and then outright grants. One works on campus for spending money. So no one should not attend Harvard undergrad for lack of funds. Nice institution that way. Scott Karen Nakamura wrote: >> Unless we're talking high school students here, may I >> suggest that most folks who can afford to attend >> college in the USA these days are also probably able >> to afford a Leica? > > > Errr... no.... Yes, colleges like Macalester cost $130,000 if you go > by the MSRP. But the reality is that colleges are heavily discounted > towards those who qualify for financial aid. And many students are > required through their financial aid to work on campus to pay towards > tuition. > > Most parents I know are scraping by to pay my luxuriant salary. :-) > > Things may be different at Hahvahd. :-P > > Karen > _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information