re: #167 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

With respect to that, Harvard, IIRC, would pay for a kid’s education if their parents’ income falls below a certain level. Pays for, not lends money. My alma mater (also Michelle’s) realized several years ago that middle class kids were avoiding the school, because they didn’t want to be burdened with $200,000+ in school loans. So, the trustees decided, “Well, you know, we’ve got this huge multi-billion dolalr endowment. We can probably just give those kids enough money to come here, and skip the loans.”

The other Ivies had to follow Princeton’s lead, or lose candidates.

Anywho, the Obamas are pretty well off, but dropping $60K a year for Malia’s college education might give even them pause.

Thanks. The highlighted part was meant to talk about the secondary school opportunities the kids would have gotten, though.