<p>1190 - I understand your points just fine. I just don’t agree with some of them.</p>
<p>The one on which I do agree: Yes, Carleton attracts a segment of upper mid-class mid-westerners that still need need aid, but not that much. This is not a segment you’d see at eastern schools. It pushes the percentage of students needing aid higher, while not really affecting the the total aid Carleton must provide per student.</p>
<p>I strongly disagree with the fact that Carleton is meeting 65% of students aid as being Carleton’s biggest problem. It does not justify or explain Carleton’s need aware admissions policy…not when of those given aid, Carleton’s average aid is, on average, so much lower than the rest of the schools you mention.</p>
<p>This is what you said below. This is what bothered me so much.</p>
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<p>Carleton’s biggest problem is its endowment. On this I am sympathetic for the most part. Carleton has been on a building spree for the past 15 years though, so there are always choices.</p>