How Willingly Does Yale Match Princeton's Fin Aid?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Yale University
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<p>First of all, why did you put horrible in quotation marks? Did I use that word? I never said Yale financial aid was horrible--I said it was lagging far behind aid offered at Harvard, Princeton, and perhaps now Stanford. For students choosing between those schools, this information will tell them that a relatively poor financial aid package from Yale isn't an individual mistake but rather, an institutional insufficiency.</p>

<p>Second, the word propaganda suggests that my remarks are meant to be misleading. Did you find any faults with my data?</p>

<p>Third, I find it improper to say that "this is the world of capitalism" since the university is the member of an organization that, whether directly or indirectly, discourages competition between schools in the initial awarding of financial aid. Yes, there seems to be price competition for students after aid is awarded, but such practices would only benefit students that have been accepted at schools comparable to Yale (of which there are only a few) that have given better financial aid. Students that have not been accepted at these schools will be forced to accept Yale's price, regardless of what lower financial aid Princeton, Harvard and Stanford would have offered. </p>

<p>This is NOT the world of capitalism, or at least not the ideal world of capitalism where the market is complete and competition is perfect in all cases. Rather, this is the world of individual monopoly. In some cases, a school has a monopoly on an individual student (i.e., when that student is not admitted elsewhere) and in some cases the university must compete for that student with other schools. </p>

<p>On the one hand, that's the name of the game: not every applicant will get into every school. On the other hand, bearing in mind these cases of individual monopoly, we have to hold the universities to a higher standard in their granting of financial aid. We must allow them to have these individual monopolies, but we must also call on them to be as generous with every financial aid student as they would with those who have award letters from other schools.</p>

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<p>Namooangel,</p>

<p>We are going to visit y during the bulldog days. We will talk to financial officer over there while visiting.</p>

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<p>Mr. Williamson,</p>

<p>I respect your cause. I too wish that Yale would revise that its aid program so Yale is even more generous than Harvard and Princeton.</p>

<p>However, the way you've been writing (copying and pasting long posts, writing in a sort of shady, vigilante, pseudo-socialist way) makes you seem, in all honestly, creepy. We understand what you're trying to get across. The people on this forum are requesting help in getting more aid from Yale, not discussing Yale's relative stinginess.</p>

<p>Furthermore, while you may be right that Yale does not officially or technically match other schools' offers, you should know that Yale Financial Aid Officers will "reconsider" their offer to a student if that student shows them that another school is offering more money. If Yale ends up "revising" its offer, it's basically the same thing as matching the other school's offer. So the situation isn't as black and white as you portray it, and there is hope for people who want to attend Yale but aren't given enough money in their first aid package.</p>