“We all” do?
A quick search of a half dozen top 30 schools show over 50% of students receiving aid. If MOST students don’t need aid, are they actively searching for students that need aid and accepting them at a much higher rate? Or giving aid to students that aren’t looking for it?
Reddit forums are littered with “I need aid, so I applied everywhere”. That’s usually the “defense” offered when the annual “accepted at 100 schools! $1M in scholarships!” article is posted - “the student needs aid, so they need to apply everywhere for the best chance”.
FWIW, I looked forward to insightful learnings from Selingo’s book and was disappointed.