Gregory Koster,

a.) All private colleges cost the similar exorbitant rate, even most of the small schools with much less prestige. Going to a public university from out of state can typically result in costs that almost rival going to a private college. For the 2009-2010 academic year, tuition at Yale is $36k. An out of state student attending the University of Michigan in 2009-2010 has tuition costs of roughly $35k.

b.) Kids from families making under $60k get a free ride to Yale. Families making between $60k and $120k are expected to contribute between 1% and 10% for the cost of tuition. This makes the cost comparable to in-state students at many state universities for those who fall into the mid to lower income levels.

c.) Many conservative or moderate parents send their kids to Yale because the quality of the school is more important than sheltering their kids from political viewpoints they don’t agree with.

d.) I’m not sure where you got these falsehoods from. Yale does not have merit scholarships. Like a lot of the other top schools in the country, Yale only offers need-based scholarships. They’re the ones I mentioned above. These scholarships are offered based completely on your family income level with no regard to your academic achievements or race. They’re the very definition of color-blind.

The upper middle class(but not quite rich) bear a pretty heavy burden for sending their kids to Yale, but as I already pointed out poor students of any race or color get a free ride and families who make under $120k(which would account for a significant portion of the middle and lower middle class in most parts of the country) have costs comparable to a state school.

Please do not allow your blind Ivy League hate to lead you to spread falsehoods about their policies. Harvard and Princeton have similar generous financial aid packages.