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Originally Posted by Munchkin03
A lot of people, it seems. At my undergrad, only about 40% of students received financial aid when I was there; most of that 40% were still middle to upper-middle class. That meant that 60% of students had parents or grandparents forking over the $35K a year. There were no merit scholarships--neither academic nor athletic.
Now, I think it's more 50/50, with more students who could be considered working or starting class.
There are definitely other schools where a lower percentage of students receive assistance, and tuition is about the same or higher.
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I guess some folks have saved a bunch in college funds for their kids too. If you started early enough, you could probably get a lot socked away, even if you had a moderate income.
I think I've mentioned the HOPE scholarship before on here. If a kid graduates from a public high school in Georgia with a B average, he or she can qualify for free full tuition at a public Georgia college or university as long as he or she maintains a B average. (Keeping it is certainly harder than the initial qualification for it.) If a kid attends a private college in Georgia, I think they get 3,500 a year towards tuition. While this doesn't make school completely free, it does make is hard for a private school to be anywhere near as cheap as a public school for any student who qualifies for HOPE.