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

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644 points gnabgib | 2 comments | 20 Nov 24 16:59 UTC | HN request time: 0.496s | source
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softwaredoug ◴[21 Nov 24 00:44 UTC] No.42199847[source]▶
Is this going to create some weird incentive for me, a parent of a college kid, to go 4 years unemployed traveling the world?
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1. pie_flavor ◴[21 Nov 24 08:21 UTC] No.42202207[source]▶
It creates an incentive for you to get married, so you are the relevant family instead of your parents.
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2. alkonaut ◴[21 Nov 24 10:07 UTC] No.42202726[source]▶
Is that how "family income" in this context is calculated in the US? That until I'm married I count as being part of my parents' family but as soon as I marry I have my own? No age restriction or consideration whether I live with my parents or anything?