Students will walk through Sprawl Plaza on the Berkeley Campus, California on March 14, 2022. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Two high school seniors with extracurricular activities similar to the B-Plus average will be accepted into the same four-year private university. Their household income is roughly the same.
One pays $29,700 a year to attend school, while the other pays $51,000. What gives?
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