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Which is 65 more than I thought they did.
Sure, this is just a bit of trivia, mostly, but I remember clearly the statement on their website (paraphrased): “All our students are super-smart and worthy of a merit scholarship. Therefore, we don’t offer any, and just provide need-based financial aid.”
Of course, this was a long time ago. Not as long ago as my grad school days, when the notion of looking things up on a website was in its infancy anyway, but I would keep an eye on them periodically since then, largely with the question, “how does anyone make the intentional decision to pay $70,000/year to send their kid there, if they’re upper middle class and ineligible for financial aid?”
That’s changed. The new statement is, “The selection process is very competitive. About three percent (65 students) of enrolled first-year students receive merit aid.”
Which is interesting; nothing monumental but worth sharing, since I’ve been reading and writing about college costs.
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