[leetcrew]

needlessly adversarial. financial aid is a best effort kind of thing, and plenty of people with unusual situations fall through the cracks.

[seanmcdirmid]

I don’t see it like that. People bragging about getting into MIT but not being able to go for some reason is an old meme, it always turns out that they didn’t really get in.

[qnleigh]

Right no one has ever gotten into MIT but couldn't afford it. This has literally never happened.