FA - real life

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People angry about financial aid and how schools are doling it out should simply enroll in a school that doesn’t offer need-based aid. There are plenty. No one’s forcing you to go to Sidwell or Maret.

Okay. But if you do go, and are full pay tuition, you are forced to subsidize the FA program through the school’s budget.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People angry about financial aid and how schools are doling it out should simply enroll in a school that doesn’t offer need-based aid. There are plenty. No one’s forcing you to go to Sidwell or Maret.

Okay. But if you do go, and are full pay tuition, you are forced to subsidize the FA program through the school’s budget.

Sure. So enroll at a school that offers zero financial aid, and you won't be "forced" to subsidize anything. BASIS McLean would be happy to take you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People angry about financial aid and how schools are doling it out should simply enroll in a school that doesn’t offer need-based aid. There are plenty. No one’s forcing you to go to Sidwell or Maret.

Okay. But if you do go, and are full pay tuition, you are forced to subsidize the FA program through the school’s budget.

Sure. So enroll at a school that offers zero financial aid, and you won't be "forced" to subsidize anything. BASIS McLean would be happy to take you.

That would be a lot more drastic than staying and trying to reduce the FA budget.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People angry about financial aid and how schools are doling it out should simply enroll in a school that doesn’t offer need-based aid. There are plenty. No one’s forcing you to go to Sidwell or Maret.

Okay. But if you do go, and are full pay tuition, you are forced to subsidize the FA program through the school’s budget.

Sure. So enroll at a school that offers zero financial aid, and you won't be "forced" to subsidize anything. BASIS McLean would be happy to take you.

That would be a lot more drastic than staying and trying to reduce the FA budget.

It would be a lot more productive than complaining on DCUM about your private school using a widespread enrollment management tool of giving smaller discounts to higher income families with multiple children rather than throwing the same amount of money at one super needy kid.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People angry about financial aid and how schools are doling it out should simply enroll in a school that doesn’t offer need-based aid. There are plenty. No one’s forcing you to go to Sidwell or Maret.

Okay. But if you do go, and are full pay tuition, you are forced to subsidize the FA program through the school’s budget.

Sure. So enroll at a school that offers zero financial aid, and you won't be "forced" to subsidize anything. BASIS McLean would be happy to take you.

That would be a lot more drastic than staying and trying to reduce the FA budget.

It would be a lot more productive than complaining on DCUM about your private school using a widespread enrollment management tool of giving smaller discounts to higher income families with multiple children rather than throwing the same amount of money at one super needy kid.

Never did that. You seem confused. Regardless, other parents benefit from reading through these threads just as I have.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You would be a wealthy family in public school. However you want financial aid to put a total of 3 kids in private school instead. How does any of this make sense?

This, what do you consider a modest home. You made life choices, as in house cost and number of children and want a lifestyle above what you can afford. At 300K you should not get aid.

I disagree. We qualify for aid and we get aid. We got aid at every school we applied to and were very forthright with our documents. We selected a modest house to help free up cash for private school. The thing we value the most for our children is their education.

I think there are a lot of sour people on here who are mad that either they didn’t have another child or that they did apply for aid themselves. I don’t know how else to explain all of the bitterness.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People angry about financial aid and how schools are doling it out should simply enroll in a school that doesn’t offer need-based aid. There are plenty. No one’s forcing you to go to Sidwell or Maret.

Okay. But if you do go, and are full pay tuition, you are forced to subsidize the FA program through the school’s budget.

Should have thought about that before you enrolled. Make better life choices!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People angry about financial aid and how schools are doling it out should simply enroll in a school that doesn’t offer need-based aid. There are plenty. No one’s forcing you to go to Sidwell or Maret.

Okay. But if you do go, and are full pay tuition, you are forced to subsidize the FA program through the school’s budget.

Sure. So enroll at a school that offers zero financial aid, and you won't be "forced" to subsidize anything. BASIS McLean would be happy to take you.

That would be a lot more drastic than staying and trying to reduce the FA budget.

It would be a lot more productive than complaining on DCUM about your private school using a widespread enrollment management tool of giving smaller discounts to higher income families with multiple children rather than throwing the same amount of money at one super needy kid.

Never did that. You seem confused. Regardless, other parents benefit from reading through these threads just as I have.

Let me know when your private school vows to stop giving 300k HHI families aid. Look forward to seeing how effective your approach is.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You would be a wealthy family in public school. However you want financial aid to put a total of 3 kids in private school instead. How does any of this make sense?

This, what do you consider a modest home. You made life choices, as in house cost and number of children and want a lifestyle above what you can afford. At 300K you should not get aid.

I disagree. We qualify for aid and we get aid. We got aid at every school we applied to and were very forthright with our documents. We selected a modest house to help free up cash for private school. The thing we value the most for our children is their education.

I think there are a lot of sour people on here who are mad that either they didn’t have another child or that they did apply for aid themselves. I don’t know how else to explain all of the bitterness.

Some of us consider you to be a swindler, living beyond your means and asking the school community to pay your bills. You man not realize it, but if you are accepting financial aid you have a responsibility to improve your financial situation and try to get off aid as soon as possible. You shouldn’t expect to be on aid year after year. You should try hard to pay your own bills.

[Anonymous]

Why do you live in DC? 300k would go a lot further in LCOL states. I’m from TX and know families who make one third of what you make and have 2-4 kids in private school without FA. The private schools are also cheaper in the South- 5k-30k vs 65k.

[Anonymous]

I could not look myself in the mirror if I had 3 kids, $300k/yr income, and were on financial aid.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You would be a wealthy family in public school. However you want financial aid to put a total of 3 kids in private school instead. How does any of this make sense?

This, what do you consider a modest home. You made life choices, as in house cost and number of children and want a lifestyle above what you can afford. At 300K you should not get aid.

I disagree. We qualify for aid and we get aid. We got aid at every school we applied to and were very forthright with our documents. We selected a modest house to help free up cash for private school. The thing we value the most for our children is their education.

I think there are a lot of sour people on here who are mad that either they didn’t have another child or that they did apply for aid themselves. I don’t know how else to explain all of the bitterness.

Some of us consider you to be a swindler, living beyond your means and asking the school community to pay your bills. You man not realize it, but if you are accepting financial aid you have a responsibility to improve your financial situation and try to get off aid as soon as possible. You shouldn’t expect to be on aid year after year. You should try hard to pay your own bills.

K, now go say that exact thing in those exact words to your head of school and director of financial aid and let us know how it goes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You would be a wealthy family in public school. However you want financial aid to put a total of 3 kids in private school instead. How does any of this make sense?

This, what do you consider a modest home. You made life choices, as in house cost and number of children and want a lifestyle above what you can afford. At 300K you should not get aid.

I disagree. We qualify for aid and we get aid. We got aid at every school we applied to and were very forthright with our documents. We selected a modest house to help free up cash for private school. The thing we value the most for our children is their education.

I think there are a lot of sour people on here who are mad that either they didn’t have another child or that they did apply for aid themselves. I don’t know how else to explain all of the bitterness.

Some of us consider you to be a swindler, living beyond your means and asking the school community to pay your bills. You man not realize it, but if you are accepting financial aid you have a responsibility to improve your financial situation and try to get off aid as soon as possible. You shouldn’t expect to be on aid year after year. You should try hard to pay your own bills.

Thank goodness financial aid is kept private. However, you should know that there are people like me at all schools. We walk among you.

We were not planning on applying for our younger two children until the admissions office encouraged us to apply and to apply for aid. Our jobs are in DC and both of us are far enough along in our careers that we’re not going to get massive bumps in pay. We put earnings into college and we do expect to use aid until our children graduate. I spoke very directly about this with the aid office and they said that we would expect to receive the same aid every year. Of course if something did change, we would certainly be direct in our aid forms and at some point not apply.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You would be a wealthy family in public school. However you want financial aid to put a total of 3 kids in private school instead. How does any of this make sense?

This, what do you consider a modest home. You made life choices, as in house cost and number of children and want a lifestyle above what you can afford. At 300K you should not get aid.

I disagree. We qualify for aid and we get aid. We got aid at every school we applied to and were very forthright with our documents. We selected a modest house to help free up cash for private school. The thing we value the most for our children is their education.

I think there are a lot of sour people on here who are mad that either they didn’t have another child or that they did apply for aid themselves. I don’t know how else to explain all of the bitterness.

It’s definitely those two things. Some of it is also people who make less and are angry that someone “wealthy” (in their view) gets aid. Some of it is that these people can’t get anyone to listen to their views in real life so they need to air them here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why do you live in DC? 300k would go a lot further in LCOL states. I’m from TX and know families who make one third of what you make and have 2-4 kids in private school without FA. The private schools are also cheaper in the South- 5k-30k vs 65k.

I suppose if we did not qualify for aid and our financials were the same as they are now, that might be an option. However, because we do qualify for aid we are not looking to move.