Really? Can you show evidence for that?
I know several lower-middle-class Asian and white kids who won admittance to Ivy League schools -- but who couldn't afford to attend.
The fact is, financial aid officers at those schools will laugh in your face if you ask them about need-based scholarships for a non-URM ("underrepresented minority") student. Non-URM parents are expected to take on a huge loan.
It’s not real hard to check the school web site, which is what I did before I posted:
“Park enrolls students based on their talents and capabilities. Families who are unable to meet the full cost of tuition may apply for the Financial Assistance Program, which supplements tuition payments. Financial assistance does not need to be repaid.
In 2007, 18% of Park students in grades 1-12 received over $2 million in financial assistance that ranged from $1,000 per year to full tuition. Tuition remission for children of our faculty brings that total to 25% of the student body.”
You said:
“The fact is, financial aid officers at those schools will laugh in your face if you ask them about need-based scholarships for a non-URM (”underrepresented minority”) student. Non-URM parents are expected to take on a huge loan.”
Really? I wonder how it is then that a very white, very poor girl from the city where I live recently got a huge need-based scholarship from Harvard?