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Breaking: Columbia Replaces Loans With Grants

by Chris Beam | September 19, 2006 at 11:01 am

Breaking: Columbia Replaces Loans With Grants Did the Ivies suddenly get a conscience? First Princeton bags its preferential early admissions policy (eating Harvard's dust). Now Columbia eliminates loans for students from families that earn less than $50,000 a year (eating Harvard, Penn, Yale and Stanford's collective dust). Where does the admirable, praiseworthy madness end?! Next thing we know, Harvard will be donating its endowment, Buffett-style, to end world poverty.

Of course, Princeton still beats them all with its grants-only aid package royale. We might need to update our Ivy stereotypes manifesto ...

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Anonymous Says:
March 9th, 2008 at 3:27 am
nice, i will use some tips for my local blog.

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