<p>ok... so? they are private colleges. they can do what they want.</p>
<p>oh, I don't really have an opinion.....</p>
<p>I just thought it was an interesting article :)</p>
<p>While we're on the topic, did anyone get off the waiting list at Princeton?</p>
<p>Princeton said it was very unlikely they'd use the waiting list this year.</p>
<p>just another example of the rich oppressing the poor :(</p>
<p>College waiting lists should favor the well off. Think about it. The reason tuition is over 43 thousand dollars each year is that the school is subsidizing all those who get free rides. If everyone took out loans and the college didn't give financial aid, the actual price of attending college would be closer to 25 thousand a year. Just because a family works hard and makes a good living, why do they have to pay 45 thousand dollars (which is not easy at all, compared to what many people think about "rich" people) more than others for the same education?</p>
<p>Princeton has enough money to give every student a free ride for the next 80 years. Why on earth would they fuss over whether they could afford a few thousand dollars of finaid for the few dozen students that get in off the waitlist? Some years they may go over their finaid budget and some years under, I find it hard to believe that they would be so worried about a minor short-term loss.</p>
<p>Incidentally, am I the only one who thinks that judging according to "demonstrated interest" favours the well-off too? Those who can afford to fly to visit colleges, make frequent long-distance phone calls, etc, are at an advantage to those who can't. I live in Tanzania, and the absolute impossibility of college visits seems to have hurt my chances, if not at Princeton, then at many other schools.</p>
<p>jb55: Why should someone's college admission depend on their parents' income? College should be available and affordable to anybody who is qualified. Although $45000 a year doesn't seem affordable to me no matter what your income.</p>
<p>because after those 80 years they'll be broke...</p>
<p>Why IS tuition so expensive at these schools? B/c I'm pretty sure they don't need this money to cover those w/ need-based financial aid. That's what their endowments are for, right?</p>
<p>The article doesn't mention any Ivy League schools, for good reason. Princeton is REALLY need-blind...for waitlist kids, too. It's one of only a small handful of colleges in the country that's need-blind even for international students. So even though this is in the Princeton forum, it shouldn't worry students on the Princeton wait-list.</p>
<p>Has anyone heard anything since the article in the Daily Princetonian
proclaimed that Janet Rapelye did not expect use the waitlist??
Anyone call lately to check in on whats happening??</p>
<p>i have to disagree... i was one of ten to get off of dukes waiting list, and my family is no where near rich.</p>
<p>"Has anyone heard anything since the article in the Daily Princetonian
proclaimed that Janet Rapelye did not expect use the waitlist??
Anyone call lately to check in on whats happening??"</p>
<p>If they weren't planning to admit any waitlistees, wouldn't they have already called or sent you a letter saying so? I think the article stressed that while it was unlikely, it was possible that a few students may be admitted off the waitlist...</p>