If your child is a high school honor student and your family's annual income is below $60,000, then you need to look into the Harvard Financial Aid Initiative (HFAI). Under this enhanced financial aid program, your son or daughter may be eligible to attend Harvard for free. Considering the estimated cost for the 2009-10 school year is around $52,000, this free tuition program is truly a generous gift. It's also the opportunity of a lifetime for highly qualified students to realize their life goals without burdening their family or themselves with overwhelming debt.

This altruistic act to promote equality of opportunity for all is an ideal that has resonated through my core. I don't know of any educational institutions, public or private, that have reached out to middle and low income families in such a way. The general perception that Harvard is only for the financial elite is now shattered and in its wake is educational opportunity for families that instill the importance of education as a path to a better successful life.

Through Harvard's significant endowment resources and their steadfast commitment to the ideals of equality and opportunity, it can now be said that regardless of your family's social economic status, if your dream is to have your child attend one of the best universities in the nation, then let Harvard University make your dream come true. As a parent, I just want to say thank you Harvard, I too am inspired to do what I can to make a difference in this world.