MWolf
January 16, 2019, 2:32am
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While the cost is generally lower than state schools for this income group (ignoring full ride type merit scholarships), I agree that few kids from most public schools apply. Not everyone is aware of the lower cost, and cost certainly isn’t the only factor. Instead kids who attend public high schools tend to apply to public colleges, often not far from the location they live. If the vast majority of parents, teachers, friends, family members, and others you know who attended college went to state and you’ve never met anyone who attended Harvard or similar type college; odds are, you are not thinking about attending Harvard. Of course, some also do not apply because they think they don’t have a shot at admission.
You’re probably right. That does agree with the much higher number who apply to UChicago, which costs the same, and has an acceptance rate that is not much higher (about 8%), since we are in Chicagoland.