<p>Having attended a HADES school back in the early 1970’s, I wonder about some of the views that seem axiomatic on this board. One is that FA is necessary for diversity of the student body. When I attended, I did not know of anyone who was not full pay (maybe there was someone, but the numbers were tiny). Yet we had students from all of the US and from all over the world (not really Asia, except for a guy from Japan). Back then, getting in was mainly a factor of high SSAT scores and having the Dean of your grade school call the AD and say you were a good candidate that would fit in well. The school seemed to do fine. Today, there seems to be a great effort to bring in folks who need FA to attend. While I am not saying this is necessary wrong, I am not sure how it makes for a better school. To me this seems to be more about liberal-minded AD’s/faculties looking to “level the playing field.” Is that a fair thing to do? I gues it depends on one’s perspective.</p>