<p>i was sort of hoping for a princeton-esque loan replacement, or a reduced self help. but this i think will specifically target low income families (as opposed to helping everyone?) </p>
<p>bad thing is you can have an EFC of zero but still be expected to pay in excess of $6800 a year (4200 self help and 1650 summer, as a freshman). which for a yale education is incredible, but it might be hard for kids with difficult situations to come up with that.</p>
<p>kudos to yale on jumping on the bandwagon (and upping the harvard limit by $5000)</p>