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Originally Posted by posterX Incorrect. When loans are considered, the percentages of students actually receiving aid are closer to 60-70% at these schools. |
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Originally Posted by posterX - "In 2005-2006, 63% of all Yale undergraduates received financial assistance of some kind" (Yale Admissions website) |
You’re not really looking at the right number, posterX.
Sure, sure. Yale aid + outside loans/scholarships = 63%. But that’s not
really the important number here is it? We want to see, for starters, what Yale itself gives undergraduates. Since you chose the Yale admissions website, here’s a quote from the exact same page:
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In the 2005-2006 year, over 41% of all Yale undergraduates received need-based aid from Yale.
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http://www.yale.edu/admit/freshmen/f...aid/index.html
Now, let’s compare this number with its direct equivalent at Princeton:
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Princeton continues to enhance the economic diversity of its undergraduate population, as 55 percent of the freshman class enrolled in 2006 is receiving financial aid under the University’s groundbreaking “no loan” program.
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http://www.princeton.edu/main/admission-aid/aid/
Sure, another 22% of Yalies manage to get loans or scholarships from elsewhere, but then, so do Princetonians. If were to assume that an additional 22% of Princetonians get loans from elsewhere as well, then a grand total of 77% of Princetonians get aid of some sort.
And frankly, the only reason why 22% of Princeton students would not get outside aid might be because, well…after the grants we get from Princeton, we really don’t need to as much, do we?
In any event, I can’t really tell if you’re deliberately misleading or just very confused, but I hope the numbers above put this matter to rest.