<p>re uchicagoalum’s 12:58pm post: The upper income limits for families of students receiving FA at Harvard are $180K, Yale-$200K, Princeton-$200K, and Stanford puts the limit for free tuition at $100K but still helps to some degree above $100K. I don’t think that any of these top schools allow the child of a $700K family to pay “next to nothing,” as you say. On the contrary, they (and most families with above $180K) will be paying full everything. Some families under these limits won’t get any FA if their assets are too high. These school’s endowments are higher that of UofC’s, and they are choosing to give extra money to their low/middle income admits. Believe me, those of us with middle incomes are extraordinarily grateful for the chance to send our child to a top school without debt, because the school is paying a portion and because we saved for 17 years to pay our portion.</p>
<p>Sorry that UofC’s FA doesn’t equal those mentioned. Hope things get better.</p>