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Exactly what I'd expect out of USC - stupac2 - 04-03-2015



Found via: http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=18546

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Re: Exactly what I'd expect out of U$€ - Hulk01 - 04-03-2015

Given where the research will be done, shouldn't the brain shown be half that size?

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Re: Exactly what I'd expect out of U$€ - stupac2 - 04-03-2015

(04-03-2015, 01:26 PM)Hulk01 link Wrote:Given where the research will be done, shouldn't the brain shown be half that size?

Being backward is probably enough of a handicap.

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Re: Exactly what I'd expect out of U$€ - Nan3cy - 04-03-2015

I clicked on one of those lists of "30 most ..." that are everywhere on line. This one was "30 most expensive colleges in the US", counting just tuition and room/board. Stanford was not on the list, which surprised me a little, but not a lot, because I know LSJU has tried hard to be just outside the "most expensive" category. (Harvard and Yale and Princeton were not on the list, either.) U$C was #9 on the list, so I now feel much more justified (as if I needed justification) to spell the name of the school the way I do...

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Re: Exactly what I'd expect out of U$€ - yvonne - 04-03-2015

Stanford, Harvard, and Yale all give full tuition breaks based on income, so this list may have been real cost, as opposed to sticker price. Princeton has generous financial aid packages such that students graduate with debts of $5,000-6,000.

https://nonprofitquarterly.org/policysocial-context/23214-harvard-initiative-to-attract-low-income-students-includes-free-tuition.html
http://admissions.yale.edu/financial-aid-prospective-students

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Re: Exactly what I'd expect out of U$€ - Nan3cy - 04-03-2015

No, it was sticker price. For example, Brandeis is #27 on the list with tuition/room/board of $61,100. Stanford's is $59,836.

The #1 school -- Harvey Mudd -- is $64,527. So the range from #1 to #30 isn't brobdingnagian, but Stanford is definitely below #30, even before the tuition breaks.

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Re: Exactly what I'd expect out of U$€ - yvonne - 04-03-2015

Thanks for that.

To clarify, are you saying that Princeton paints a rosier picture of its financial aid than is accurate?

http://admission.princeton.edu/financialaid

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Tuition break packages - BostonCard - 04-04-2015

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-04-01/ten-elite-schools-where-middle-class-kids-don-t-pay-tuition

I thought it was interesting; of the 10 schools considered, it appears Stanford has the most generous policy.  In other schools (Harvard, Yale) everything is free for families making under $65,000/yr.  But although I'm sure other schools have generous financial aid for those making less than $125,000, only Stanford gives a complete tuition break for families making up to $125,000.

BC

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Re: Exactly what I'd expect out of U$€ - yvonne - 04-05-2015

Keep in mind, that the median family income in the US is "only" $52,000. It's only here in Silicon Valley that that's considered a poor individual income. The $60,000-65,000 households all the schools offer tuition free would include more than half Americans.


"Distribution of Annual Household Income in the United States 2012" by vikjam - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Distribution_of_Annual_Household_Income_in_the_United_States_2012.png#/media/File:Distribution_of_Annual_Household_Income_in_the_United_States_2012.png

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