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Stanford University has recently changed its financial aid policy(资助政策) for students to make the university more affordable and accessible(支付得起并且上得起). Students who don't have financial aid pay about $46,000 a year just for tuition. It's not unusual for students to be forced to decline an offer (拒绝入学邀请) because they can't afford to go to their dream school. The new policy means that for students whose families earn less than $125,000, tuition is fully covered by scholarship and grant aid. Those with a family income below $65,000 are not expected to pay for either tuition, or room and board(伙食，膳食). This is great news for talented students who are concerned about(担忧，牵挂) fees.

However, Stanford is not the only top university in the United States that makes tuition affordable for students. Ivy League schools, such as Harvard, Princeton and Yale, also offer free tuition plans to students from low-income and middle-class families.

Stanford and Ivy League schools can offer generous financial aid packages(一揽子计划) because they are very wealthy. They receive large annual (yearly) donations that can be used for specific (特定的，具体的)purposes, such as financial aid.

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1. b; 2. d; 3. d; 4. b ; 5, a