Education and Class

• The Pros and Cons of Asking a College for Financial Aid – NYTimes.com

  As more colleges take ability to pay into account in admissions decisions, parents weigh options for gaming the system: not applying financial aid for freshman year, for example, but then applying in years after that.

  tags: social class

  • Where the advantage of wealth may seem unfair is for students who are marginal for a particular college and need a lot of financial aid. They might not be admitted over a similarly marginal student whose parents can pay.

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