TIL: Attending Harvard is free if your household income is below 65K a year. Harvard’s financial aid programs pay 100 percent of tuition, fees, room, and board for students from families earning less than $65,000 a year.

Authored by college.harvard.edu and submitted by Jedi_Lucky

Once you're admitted, the Financial Aid Committee will assess your family’s financial need and offer you an award to meet it. We determine need based on your family’s income, assets, and overall financial circumstances. You'll never be required to take on loans, and we don't factor in home equity or retirement savings when crafting your aid package. Most importantly, your financial situation will not affect your chances of admission to Harvard College.

We know that each student's financial circumstances are unique. Your financial aid officer will work with you all four years to understand your needs and take the stress out of affording Harvard.

Miskatonica on February 1st, 2020 at 00:27 UTC »

"My parents quit their jobs to put me through Harvard."

The_God_of_Abraham on January 31st, 2020 at 22:43 UTC »

I almost think that this piece is more impressive:

The Harvard College financial aid program requires no contribution from Harvard families with annual incomes below $65,000; asks from 0 to 10% of income for those with incomes up to $150,000

You can make $149,000 year and still only have to pay a maximum of $15k a year. Or still maybe $0!

BTW, the reason they can do this is because of their $40,900,000,000 endowment.

us1838015 on January 31st, 2020 at 22:18 UTC »

All you gotta do is get in.