<p>If I may, I want to spell out a bit what mini wrote above.</p>
<p>As I understand it, many students come to Berea from modest backgrounds, but with their education go on to become financially comfortable.</p>
<p>With their success, and feeling loyal to the place that helped them (Berea), they voluntarily donate back generously to their college so other students from other families, such as Skygirl can be offered nice scholarships. Also, the college invests money to make “endowment” and uses it also, emphasizing scholarships for needy/worthy students.</p>
<p>The actual children of alumni (“legacies”) in the next generation don’t need financial aid because after a generation of education, their Berea-educated parents can pay for their own kids to go there.</p>
<p>So it’s like passing a torch at a relay race. Very cool. It says a lot that the college’s priority is to continue to help each generation of students succeed and rise above.</p>
<p>Did I get that right, mini?</p>