Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Ivy League schools are good for some,and not so good for others. Some kids will excel in that atmosphere, others will not. Every one throws out stats about post grad acceptance, and annual starting salaries, and that is all good, but how many Ivy grads go unable to find work in there chosen career and wind up with tremendous debt? Yes many Ivy students get $300,000.00 dollar jobs, but so do kids from Stony Brook at a cost of what, $10,000.00 per year for in state kids. If you live on the north shore and money is no object, than the Ivy's are for you, but these days most players no longer come from Manhasset or Garden City, so money becomes a factor. I'm glad you're a C.E.O. of a company that starts grads at &300,000.00 , but most of us are plumbers and electricians , and we would appreciate it if you stopped looking down your nose at us


Actually if you make less than $60k, Harvard will give you 100% grants. If you make between 60k and 150k they will cover 90%. Most other Ivy's have something similar.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/23/s...-as-sports-teams-in-ivies-rise.html?_r=0


So according to the article, If our family makes 140,000 a year, I would have to pay about 21,000 (based on the article stating 10-18% on a sliding scale) Is that just tuition or total? Still a lot if you have more than one kid in school. Most of the better D1 programs can reduce that by about 7-8k with a good athletic scholarship. Those kids can also get quite a bit of additional academic money if they qualify.