<p>@DarkIce, post #59: One set of parents feel like they worked and scrambled all their lives to reach an income beyond 150,000/yr, and they see another set of parents who, for whatever reason, simply make less. So, some parents from the first set see the second set get (what they feel) is very preferential treatment. Nevertheless, most of them can put up with that in the interest of bringing in deserving students, who otherwise might not be able to matriculate. What raises their shackles, in many cases, is when they see the more-or-less low-income families complain about being given a remarkable gift.</p>
<p>Still, agreed that is a wise policy to be polite. Also, as usual oldfort makes some pretty good points above in post #60.</p>