Totally agree with you. A big value of them marketing no tuition at $200k is that it gets people to consider those schools. In state flagship most families in the $150k-$200k who are considering college already know those are reputed to be good value and plan to apply. The number of times I’ve had convos with people who said their smart kid can only apply to UC or CSU when I have to persuade them that Stanford may be equivalent or even cheaper is way too often. And these are middle class people.
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