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<p>Yay, I <3 false dichotomies. </p>

<p>Logic, have a look at this: </p>

<p>[Educational</a> Costs (1940-1949), University of Pennsylvania Archives](<a href=“http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/features/tuition/1940.html]Educational”>http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/features/tuition/1940.html)</p>

<p>Keep in mind that the <em>average</em> salary throughout the 40s was ~$1,550</p>

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<p>Actually, 1950 is an even better illustration. </p>

<p>U Penn tuition was (at least for Arts and Sciences) $500, while the average salary was ~$3,000.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.westegg.com/inflation/[/url]”>http://www.westegg.com/inflation/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>^ Use that link to better asses how much college education was in the past. It makes me want to cry :frowning: . Why can’t tuition at a top 10 school still be 4,000!?!</p>