Word: aides
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Three years ago, Munoz's father was laid offand then worked various temporary jobs. Withoutsignificant financial assistance, the Munoz familywould not be able to pay the sky-high costsrequired even after financial aid at some schools...
Munoz says Stanford was originally herpreferred pick, but it refused to budge on itsnot-generous-enough offer. When Munoz visitedHarvard Yard over Easter break, she fell in love.Her family sat down with financial aid officerSally E. Champagne in Byerly Hall to see if heraid offer could be raised...
...when push came to shove, Harvardforked over the $2,000 in direct grant aid. TheMunoz family, with a sister about to get married,faced an unexpected burden, Harvard ruled...
...honest: Finances enter into theequation," says Ann M. Murchison, a counselor atFort Worth Country Day School in Texas. "If youcan get an equal or similar education at anotherhigh-level school and perhaps get a betterfinancial aid package, the other school may bemore tempting...
...trick to beating this kind of scholarship,as Harvard officials discovered in Munoz's case,seems to be providing enough aid to bring Harvardwithin "shouting distance" of the competing offerand then let prestige do the rest. But prestige byitself just can't compete...