[odd_perfect_num]

Harvard and it's peers are some of the very few academic institutions that have need blind admissions and generous need-based financial aid.

For poor students, Harvard and its peers are pretty much the only free college options besides merit scholarships.

[jonifico]

Only 1.8% are students from poor families: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/college-mobilit...

[fancy_hammer]

That is 100% not what the link says.

[wahnfrieden]

they have plenty of money given tiny, static class sizes, and that population you're referring to is already a small one of a small overall student body.