Quite the understatement. Harvard/Yale/Stanford don't do merit-aid scholarships so you would have to be super poor to get some financial aid and even then isn't likely to be a full-ride.
Thanks, @alexandergreene93! It sure is a lot to think about, to say the least. He has an interview tomorrow for an MIT position, and so he says that I can go to Harvard (to which I roll my eyes and say "yeah, once I get a 180 on the LSAT...")! :)
... may have some relevant information - Harvard and Princeton are high profile ... .edu/bridgeyear/
https://college.harvard.edu/admissions/preparing-college/should ...
Stanford, Harvard, Chicago (Booth) and Penn (Wharton) are king. The most elite investment banks and private equity firms to refer these schools to others, as they are the best of the best.
... a significant scholarship for ED admits. Binding ED takes away almost ... January or later anyways. Early admits are for raising/bolstering medians ...