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Undergraduates with family income below $200k will be tuition-free at MIT

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581 points gnabgib | 1 comments | 20 Nov 24 16:59 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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d2049 ◴[20 Nov 24 19:29 UTC] No.42197271[source]▶
When I was touring colleges as a high school senior I met someone who had gotten into MIT but whose family could only afford to send one kid to an elite college, him or his sister. He decided to go to a state school which was a lot less expensive but whose academics weren't close to the same level. This stuff matters to people.
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akavi ◴[21 Nov 24 02:11 UTC] No.42200364[source]▶
When was this? MIT's financial aid was already very generous when I was applying (in 2008); IIRC the no-tuition threshold was 100 k$ back then
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1. d2049 ◴[21 Nov 24 05:52 UTC] No.42201512[source]▶
This was more than several years prior to that, I just tried to look up the financial aid of previous years and for some reason couldn't find it. If someone else finds it, I'd be curious to take a look.