Very, very strange. For some reason the WAPO news article link I posted to my above comment was changed by the CC AI program to this thread. When I posted the link to my comment it was correct, but later changed by the AI program.
Anyway, here is the article:
“ Students overpaid elite colleges $685 million, ‘price-fixing’ suit says”
Article date: December 17, 2024
A lawsuit claims a group of highly selective universities colluded in the past to reduce financial aid to students at a group of 19 elite universities.
It’s worth the read. I’ve read similar articles over the years. This information just goes to show that there are factors relative to college admission outside the control of students.