[finolex1]

They might apply, but certainly won't attend if they are admitted to Stanford, Yale, etc. The higher the price differential, the more likely people would be willing to take a 'prestige' hit and go to the lower cost school.

Anyone applying from a family making 400k a year (top 2%) would still be sensitive to an 80k vs 240k/year sticker price change.

[TuringNYC]

Operation Varsity Blues (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varsity_Blues_scandal) suggests there are plenty of individuals willing to pay plenty more. Some would even break the law and risk prison. If it were legal, probably many more would pay.

There are just the people who got caught!

[lukas099]

Plenty of people can still be fewer people

[finolex1]

Yeah, but the average quality of students would go down.

[pquki4]

Hypothetically -- what if Stanford and Yale etc also triple their tuition at the same time?

[lukas099]

Then some people would turn to schools 4-6.