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100,000 applicants paying ~$80 each

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UCLA: 100,000 applicants paying ~$80 each in application fees

On the hidden business of college application fees, Austen notes a school like UCLA can have 100,000 people apply at roughly $80 a head, turning admissions paperwork into serious money.

$80
College application fee per applicant at UCLA · USD
you actually look at it broken down by like school, and it's like, you know, UCLA will have 100,000 people apply and they'll all pay $80, right? Like, that starts to get crazy money.
EP 117 · 27:41 · AUSTEN ALLRED
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