<p>The student in the case ParentOfIvyHope cited was not admitted to most of the colleges he applied to (and we don’t know his aid package at Rice and Caltech), so it does not further ParentOfIvyHope’s point. Making it even more irrelevant is the fact that the student’s father did not attend an Ivy League school (or at least the article doesn’t mention it). It appears that ParentOfIvyHope does not like two things:</p>
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<li>Children of Ivy League grads getting financial aid</li>
<li>Parents gaming the system so that their kids get more FA than they need</li>
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<p>2 turns my stomach as well, but it’s not relevant to the discussion. ParentOfIvyHope has offered no evidence that top colleges consider where an applicant’s parents attended school when awarding FA. And just as an anecdote, I know Princeton legacies who have been awarded very generous aid packages.</p>
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