<p>Either way there are very few people working their way through Harvard or Priinceton. You are either in the half that has parents paying everything or getting lots of aid. The problem comes in that hardly anyone gets into Harvard or Princeton. Now I’d like to know how many independent pay kids are going to NYU or USC and working their way through–those not on the rare full scholarships, etc. At UW a sizable minority of kids from instate are paying their own way–even though in some cases their parents could have made a significant contribution. I don’t know exactly why this is, buy it’s real. According to inhouse studies something over half of UW students are working 20+ hours a week. Many take a lighter class load.</p>