This is false yet you repeat it in nearly every thread where people are discussing elite universities.

Over 20% of Harvard graduates have student loan debt.

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Posted by tokenBoiler

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Posted on 7/19/18 at 12:28 pm to EA6B

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If she has the GPA and test scores, Harvard has more money to give away than any other university, 20% of the students get full rides, and all students graduate debt free.

To OP - don't concentrate entirely on 'merit scholarships', and don't be scared off by high (even extremely high) quoted prices. As noted, Harvard, along with MIT, Stanford, and other top-level schools don't generally use 'merit' scholarships, they use 'need-based financial aid'.

Their goal (and they really are sincere about it) is to ensure that anyone who can get accepted can afford to go. Parents might think think they are being asked to contribute too much, but the idea is sound - "your family pays what it can, and we cover the rest."

And it's definitely the financial aid office you want to talk to. Professors in general won't know any more about costs and assistance than doctors in a hospital do.

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Posted by SlowFlowPro

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Posted on 7/19/18 at 12:28 pm to notlloyd

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I’ll give you a little feedback. We worked with Dana at UGuide to help our son who just graduated top 1% in his class from dutchtown and she was very helpful.

First thing I will say is that guidance counselors in large high schools like dutchtown are really not as invested in the launchpad success of any one individual as they should be, but more rather just trying to cover all the basis from the top ranked to the bottom ranked students. Because of that, the top tier probably won’t get the attention they really should get and would likely get in a small school with fewer students. I don’t necessarily blame those GCs, but I do think they could do a better job for their high potential students.

In lieu of that, Dana was a really good resource to help in situations where the guidance counselor isn’t really providing the personal attention that a high potential student should get. We were really happy with her help and it helped our son get a bunch of scholarship offers.

Hope that helps...

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