<p>FA is not necessary for geographic diversity but it is for socioeconomic diversity. There are parents who very much want their children to go to school with kids who do not have Deans from their private middle school making calls on their behalf or private consultants and test prep interview prep wardrobe prep prep prep prep… These parents, while affluent now, may not have grown up with the kind of privilege that they are able to give their own children so they very much want them to understand that some kids have to work a little harder and shine a little brighter to get the same things. Maybe these adults who donate to scholarship funds do so because they don’t want the privileged kids making recommendations that are unattainable for middle class kids, “Oh, why don’t you just spend the summer doing archeological research in Santorini? It’s so beautiful.” “Because I’ve got to work this summer to pay for my textbooks for next year, you asshat.”</p>
<p>Social engineering? A little bit.</p>