Student GoFundMe accounts for tuition

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Unfortunate that those students did not go to thier (likely) pretty good instate public school, with its more moderate tuition.

You're judging someone for something you're ignorant about.

For low to moderate income families, if a kid can get into a top school that meets full need the cost of attendance is likely lower than their public institution. We aren't low income. I'm a teacher, DH is on disability payments, so we're solidly middle class, but when I run NPC's for my kids the top private schools come back with numbers that are 10 - 20K below what the UMD NPC comes back as. For low income kids that gap can be bigger.

But just like the FAFSA often overestimates what an affluent family can pay, it also often estimates what a lower income family can pay. So, even with that kind of aid it can be a struggle.

I hear what your are saying regarding over or understaing need.

I worked in financial aid at a private college. Not ignorant about this subject at all.

You and your story are one example. One. I handled more than 1000 fin aid packages.