NYS is considering offering free tuition at the SUNYs to any student whose family earns less than ~$125k. I don’t know if it will be tiered like our current system (I suspect so), but it will be entirely need, not stats driven. I think that’s a good thing. Some of our colleges do offer merit to students with stellar stats, and there’s a state STEM tuition grant available to high stats NYS grads who are pursuing STEM degrees, so we have a combination of programs. I think all serve an important purpose.