Do you have to be rich and white to get into Stanford?

[phantasmagoric]

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That over 80% receives financial aid doesn’t really indicate much, because a family can make $150,000 a year and still qualify for some aid. Now, being PELL Grant eligible is a true indicator of low income.

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<p>The point wasn’t to show that most are low-income students, but rather that most students are not ‘rich,’ as the OP was asking. I would not say that $150k qualifies you as rich, at least not at Stanford’s price.</p>