<p>Uh, we aren’t forgetting. Remember, Stanford was founded on the premise that it would be free for all admitted students. While that may not be as realistic today as it was 100 years ago, someone making 90k in an expensive place (Bay Area, NJ) after paying income and property tax may not be able to shell out the money for room and board. And remember it’s not “State U.”, it can be Harvard or Yale that still have “our scholarship” available. This isn’t to bash Stanford, which is an excellent school (for me the best) in virtually all aspects-it’s just that I believe that they could have done better.</p>