[superchroma]

Has nearly 19k students according to https://www.univstats.com/colleges/university-of-chicago/stu...

So that's about $700/person. Less if graduated students get comped too.

[tehwebguy]

There is a need for the actual plaintiffs in cases like these to have a direct line to the public or at least media.

This settlement can’t possibly even make these folks whole, much less property disincentivize future abuse — but it’s probably a windfall for their attorneys.

Separately, one of the ~common posts on r/legaladvice is something like “My college awarded me a scholarship and applied it to tuition last year. This year they said it was a mistake and took it back.”

[junar]

No grad students. No international students. Only students who received some financial aid, but less than the total cost of attendance.

On the other hand, it goes all the way back to students from 2003.

https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldocs/jnpwwwwyypw/...

[cozzyd]

Presumably this is mostly undergrads. And as someone who works at UChicago, very not surprised...

[Melting_Harps]

> And as someone who works at UChicago, very not surprised...

Go on...