For those who are full pay, did your kid

[Anonymous]

Applied to In-State Flagship honors colleges and otherwise, only privates. Decent merit from both so far.

[Anonymous]

Full-pay. Got into in-state and privates. Chose in-state UVA.

[Anonymous]

Yes, 1 in state, 4 OOS public. Also applied to 3 private OOS and ended up at a private which was DC’s dream school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Apply to any publics in state or oos? Which ones?
I’m specifically asking those who did not qualify for financial aid and didn’t need any merit aid at all - like fully full pay cost was not an issue.

One In state/flagship backup for each, rest T30unis/T15 LACs, some of which were match and likely. Both at different ivies

[Anonymous]

Full pay applied to mostly OOS flagships plus a few Ivys and privates. Also UVA. Waiting on UVA but likely attending either the Ivy or an OOS flagship.

[Anonymous]

We’re full pay and let our DS apply anywhere he wanted to. He wanted a mid-sized private but wouldn’t ED. Safeties were oos publics which we preferred to obscure privates.

[Anonymous]

Full pay. Kid applied to in-state flagship, one OOS public and the rest privates. Got into honors at in-state flagship. Final decision came down to in-state flagship, OOS public and mid-sized private. All great options but at mid-sized private because they wanted a smaller environment. Cost of OOS public would have worked out to be the same as the private and more than the less selective privates that offered merit aid. Public doesn’t always mean cheaper especially at certain OOS flagships.

[Anonymous]

DC applied to 12 schools that are a mix of oos public and private. DC didn’t apply to any In state schools.

[Anonymous]

Could have done full pay but really didn’t want to. Kid did ED at top 30 SLAC and got basically half tuition in merit. Probably could have gotten in with none (because it was not offered) at top 10-15. We took a gamble and it was rewarded.

[Anonymous]

We were full pay in VA.

DC#1 applied to Michigan (attending), UVA (reject), VT (accept), Pitt (accept) and UNC (reject).

DC#2 applied to UVA (attending), W&M (accept), Michigan (reject) and Pitt (accept)

[Anonymous]

We are also full pay in VA. We haven't heard back from UVA or VT, but DC applied to numerous OOS schools b/c they preferred the flagship campuses. They also applied to a few private colleges.

[Anonymous]

We printed off a list of OOS schools we deemed acceptable. A list of 50. Descending in costs. Posted it on the refrigerator. Drew a line under the top few. Anything below they could apply to. It was on the refrigerator since Junior Year.

We were going to insist on a couple instate schools too incase, even last minute, they didn't want to be so far from home.

We were prepared to pay the full cost of attendance to schools on the list, but not the few that were the most expensive. As it turned out, merit aid came in and costs for a few went down significantly. Glad we did it the way we did it. We reined-in the applications based on what-if-no-merit-aid comes and were prepared to be full pay, without drama. They could pick from among their acceptances and it wouldn't need to be about money.

[Anonymous]

Yes, my kid applied to SMCM because she liked it almost as much as the several other private LACs she applied to. Didn’t end up going there.

[Anonymous]

Full pay for 2 kids. One applied to an in-state public because we told him he had to as a back-up but we knew he wouldn’t go because he wanted a small school in a colder climate. For our second, we didn’t bother making him apply in-state because he also wanted a smaller school in a different area. Very limited small (under 5k) public options.

[Anonymous]

Full pay, set parameters we would not pay for any college that did not have equal to or better education/metrics than in-state UVA and W&M (the backups). We are paying for two different T10s and they will do MD or phD or one might do both. phD will be free and top50 med school pays for itself a few years out plus many in the top15 have fellowships and stipends for top candidates, which ours is easily on track to be. Paid off my own med loans in 9 yrs and spouse paid off top5 law loans in 3 years--big law makes bigbucks.