| I think the people who are most adversely affected by Duke's financial aid are the 125-200 k income bracket and those whose parents own a business. Duke does not have the same 10% plan, if you will, as HYP seem to have, and their aid even falters when compared to that of the rest of the Ivies. In addition, one of my friends wasn't able to get a cent bc./could not enroll at Duke bc. they expected his family to liquidate much of his parents' business profits (quite sad bc. he had been a lifelong duke fan). I wouldn't be surprised, however, if Duke stepped up its financial aid initiative specifically to target those two aforementioned groups, espcially if the school starts to slip in rankings. If Duke slips out of the top ten this year in the USNWR rankings(which I think is VERY possible), I think it will start taking very proactive steps to boost its yield, and the most likely of those is to increase financial aid. |