Stanford Eliminates Tuition for Low Income Families

green09 · 03-16-2006, 11:23 AM

I don't know if this was posted here before but I found this interesting.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060316/...ord_no_tuition

UltimateFrisbee · 03-16-2006, 12:11 PM

I hate being middle-class!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! With a $65,000 annual income, none of that stuff applies to me. ****!!!!

dexter87 · 03-16-2006, 01:57 PM

i dunno why the hell they can't extend this policy to international students as well and be truly need-blind...i feel so bad

radannie · 03-16-2006, 02:30 PM

Is that gross income or after taxes?

marlgirl · 03-16-2006, 04:11 PM

dexter87, it might have something to do with federal funding.

green09 · 03-16-2006, 04:37 PM

Quote:

According to the latest survey from the College Board, a nonprofit association based in Washington, D.C.,

is this really true? Nonprofit??? Seriously, with all the money I paid to collegeboard, I can probably buy a house.

Tara251088 · 03-16-2006, 09:54 PM

Sweet, I make way less than 45K.

Does that mean that I'm only responsible for the 13K or so for room/board/books/etc? Can my Cal Grant cover that, or will the Cal Grant/Pell Grants/University Grants go into the Tuition to make it FREE?

stanfordream · 03-17-2006, 05:34 PM

i saw this news on cnn too, but i couldnt find it on the stanford site (was trying to confirm it). can someone help me?

machiavelli · 03-17-2006, 06:00 PM

^^ it's the second main article link on the front page under NEWS @ stanford.edu

direct link: http://news-service.stanford.edu/new...on-031506.html

tenisghs · 03-17-2006, 08:20 PM

Yeah, the middle-class is screwed because we are forced to take out loans when the working-class get financial aid assistance in grants and w/s while the upper-class can afford the entire costs without loans.

GentlemanandScholar · 03-17-2006, 09:54 PM

You're not screwed. If you're family makes over 65,000+ dollars a year you're living a fairly comfortable lifestyle (very comfortable, depending on what part of the country you live in) and if you want an a stanford education you'll have to pay for it. If you don't want to pay, I'm sure there are other schools that are less expensive. Doesn't anyone just see this as a good thing for people that TRULY can't pay for it, rather than looking for an excuse to feel sorry for yourselves?

UltimateFrisbee · 03-17-2006, 10:01 PM

I understand your point of view, but when you're living in Manhattan making 65,000 a year, you get ****ED off because you are so close to reduced tuition but you still are relatively poor in such an expensive area.

KissMeKate · 03-17-2006, 10:14 PM

UltimateFrisbee, I completely feel you. We're not in the same situation, but I know what you're talking about. Whatever happens with your college plans, good luck.

Mr.B · 03-17-2006, 11:10 PM

The first step is to get accepted, this is a major hurdle for many students of low income families. Too often they get the least support for getting into great colleges...inadequate highschool counselors, underprepared parents, and a host of other hurdles...I applaud Stanford and other schools for this step.

For others, I would hope that the elite colleges will begin to reach out to the middle class families as well.

randomperson · 03-18-2006, 02:56 AM

The financial aid package that arrived from Stanford was $10,000 less than Harvard's for me... they sure needed to get their act together. I hope it makes a difference.