Upenn 的资助情况:
******admissions.upenn.edu/costs-financial-aid/financial-aid-at-penn
Aided Freshmen by Family Income
Class of 2018 (entering August 2014)
INCOME MEDIAN TOTAL AWARDS PERCENT OF APPLICANTS OFFERED AID
$0 - 39,999 $63,040 99%
$40,000 - 69,999 $59,888 99%
$70,000 - 99,999 $53,230 97%
$100,000-129,999 $45,255 99%
$130,000-159,999 $35,400 88%
$160,000-189,999 $29,240 93%
$190,000-$219,999 $25,380 67%
$220,000 and up* $21,355 18%
*Most who qualify have more than one child in college.
Upenn 一年的费用:
Undergraduate Cost of Attendance
Academic Year 2014-2015
Undergraduate Cost of Attendance
Budget Items Living On/Off Campus Living at Home With Family
Tuition and Fees $47,668 $47,668
Housing 8,688 0
Meals 4,776 2,264
Books 1,220 1,220
Personal 1,848 1,848
Total Budget $64,200 $53,000
以我在美国学习、工作二十多年的经验,中评社的这篇文章基本靠谱。比如“但对于真能被私立名校录取的平民孩子而言,基本上不用顾虑交不起学费而被迫放弃”这句话,“基本上”应该是“根本不用顾虑”,因为名牌美国大学都是“非盈利机构”,它们收取好学生才是唯一的竞争目的。美国大学的“need base(只问需要)"式的奖学金发放制度,使得需要奖学金资助才能上学的学生都没有后顾之忧。而且每个美国大学都有几百或上千项各种不同的奖学金,据我所知,在美国大学上学,只要你的家庭(三口之家)annual income 在10万以下,你的孩子肯定有奖学金。我在芝加哥的表哥孩子上了康奈尔大学,基本没有付学费(每年一万美元不到,当然,孩子也优秀)。。。