<p>UCA, of course aid criteria vary from school to school, and different schools may emphasize recruitment of differing kinds of students at different times. So aid awards vary, especially when one factors in merit awards. This is not new. </p>
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I thought you preferred ivies? You even said “the Ivy connection will open doors.” "I am merely noting that for <em>some</em> careers the Ivy name still matters " “To deny the shock value that Ivy League schools, along with Stanford, Oxford, and a few others have …”</p>
<p>Now you discount the value of the “ivyness” of Columbia, Penn or Cornell? </p>
<p>And UCA, you don’t think such intangibles as “fit” matter? Just auction to the highest bidder? (interesting idea, web based…never mind. It was tried and failed).</p>