This is nothing new. This happens at every top 20 private college/university respectively. I went to Haverford College [1] and paid nothing on tuition. Divorced parents and 10 siblings... That'll do it. A friend from high school went to Duke free too for similar reasons. And another friend went to Penn for free because of her parents' state too.
The only sad thing is how few people know about this. Under-privileged students think they can only afford state schools. In truth, I couldn't even afford a state school. Only a private college/university would give me the full financial aid that I needed to attend.
Thankfully programs like Questbridge[2] (it's not spam, surprisingly) help facilitate under-priveleged students applying to and attending top private schools.
The only sad thing is how few people know about this. Under-privileged students think they can only afford state schools. In truth, I couldn't even afford a state school. Only a private college/university would give me the full financial aid that I needed to attend.
Thankfully programs like Questbridge[2] (it's not spam, surprisingly) help facilitate under-priveleged students applying to and attending top private schools.
[1] - http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/...
[2] - http://www.questbridge.org/