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Originally Posted by Benzasaurus
I think the article gets a lot of things right except for the class warfare; that's on more than just the Ivys.
And there is a hella ton of financial aid for needs based cases at various Ivys. Here's an example: Yale "Factsheet" | Office of Institutional Research. They'll give 65k a year if you qualify. A big portion of that will probably just be for tuition though, at their valuation. 
Students are definitely trained to be timid, but that also results from any upbringing that prioritizes earning capacity above fulfillment. Lots of them are not the scared little animals the article makes out, those are the worst off. I think for lots of them the rat race starts at college and so does their rejection of it. They do see it for what it is but they just don't see any other way forward through life. They have no alternative role models because our society on the whole privileges earning capacity over fulfillment. |
I think you are right.
I'm an example of that, the poor kid who got the PhD fellowship for Georgetown.
Since I also had the GI Ill later, I left and finished grad school at U-M Ann Arbor.
The atmosphere of Gtown was just not real. It was more about people impressing each other like a bunch of dilettantish hipsters.
I did meet two profs there who were definitely worth their salt, but Hoyaville is definitely for the upper crust that want to keep the next generation connected, and keep the old money in control.
Not surprising, all things considered but definitely not my cup of tea.
I have not looked back or regretted my decisions. And life has turned out pretty well since I have depended 0on no one but myself, good or bad.