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Paul said:
>>Jeffrey, if Duffus' parents couldn't afford the tuition, why didn't Cornell
>>give him financial aid? Your argument which you contend will prove that
>>Ivies give only valid financial aid packages does not hold any water.
Larry replied:
>The truth, that's about standard. When 2 kids go to Ivy league schools in
>one family, the financial aid departments have a way of not giving you
>enough. That Duffus had the same problem is evidential proof that he got
>hit with the same system the rest of us hate. That's all Jeff is trying to
>say.
Larry is exactly right. If Ivy athletes (particularly good, valuable ones)
in got preferential treatment as everyone seems to believe they do, Duffus
- who was going into his junior year, and was pegged Cornell's starting
goalie for the coming two years - would have been given enough aid to keep
him in college. As it was, he was given what Cornell determined to be a
fair package, and it simply wasn't enough. That may have had something to
do with a varsity athlete's lack of time for part-time employment, or
perhaps the Duffuses had non-liquid assets that were being counted against
them - I really shouldn't speculate, because I don't know the individual
details. But the end result was that Parris and his parents decided it
made more sense for him to leave.
There is a very big difference between saying "everybody with the same
demonstrated financial need is treated equally" and saying "everybody is
given exactly enough so that they can afford college." I said the former;
I would never claim the latter.
Just two more months!!
Jeffrey Anbinder, CU '94
Ithaca Times Hockey Columnist
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