Students on financial aid at nearly every Ivy stand a good chance of graduating debt-free.

几乎每一所常春藤盟校的学生都有很大的机会在毕业时不负债。

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Yale recently announced that its fees will go up next year by nearly 5%, to $49, 800, although it promised to spend around 10% more on financial aid for needy students.

耶鲁大学宣布下一年的学费将上调5%左右，达到49800美元，尽管它承诺约10%的资金将用于对困难学生的财政资助。

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The financial aid office often has the bestpicture of what students like Ms. Munna are up against, because they see theirfamilies’ financial situation splayed out on the federal financial aid form.

助学金办公室通常对穆纳这样的学生将要面对的困难再清楚不过了，因为他们在联邦助学金申请表上可以看到学生的家庭财务状况。

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It's a familiar story at colleges across the country, especially at historically black colleges and universities where, in some cases, up to 95 percent of students rely on financial aid to fund their education.

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In a 2006 report by a congressional advisory committee on student financial aid, only 54% of college-qualified low-income students enrolled in a four-year college and 21% in a two-year college.

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In particular, students hoping to use refunds to pay tuition and those relying on finalized returns in order to complete financial aid applications, were angry and took to the internet to complain.

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