It is 2013, parents; is Vassar really need blind ?

[CrewDad]

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your figures show that the percentage of full paying students has been increasing over the last few years from 37% to 39% to 41% and now to 44%

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we would have to go back to 07-08 to find a class with a lower percentage of students on financial aid than this year’s freshman class.

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<p>Which also directly coincides with the graph of the stock market from the high in '08 and the significant rebound from the financial crises and low in '09.</p>

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<p>It’s not unreasonable to suggest that there’s a correlation. I.e., more full-pay students applied and/or the yield of full-pay students increased proportionally relative to the returns of the stock market.</p>

<p>In any case, it’s pointless to speculate as to why there’s been an increase of full-pay students until there’s a few more years of data available.</p>

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I blame increased enrollment of wealthy students, who are already way over-represented on campus.

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<p>What percentage of full-pay students would be a fair representation?</p>