What percentage do you pay?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Most families are full pay and everyone should try to be full pay. The financial aid families are getting their bills paid by the rest of the families there who are covering the school’s budget.

I would not send my kids to private school unless I was full pay. I know some people are okay with financial aid, but this doesn’t operate like colleges. The schools all have limited budgets, small sized programs, and the money really does come from your peers. As an adult you should feel responsible for your own kids.

Your school chooses to give FA. You don’t like it. Oh well.

We are full pay for two kids but I’m very happy our school gives generous (not 100%) financial aid.

A fool and their money are easily parted. You are being conned.

Thank you for your concern.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I pay about 1/3 of the listed tuition thanks to very generous financial aid. I work for a nonprofit and my spouse died in 2021, so single income family. But the school feels my child adds something to their community and has worked to make tuition, although still a good chunk of my income, affordable as a result.

Shouldn’t you have left the low paying nonprofit job by now? For your kid?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I pay about 1/3 of the listed tuition thanks to very generous financial aid. I work for a nonprofit and my spouse died in 2021, so single income family. But the school feels my child adds something to their community and has worked to make tuition, although still a good chunk of my income, affordable as a result.

Precisely this. Even with aid, most FA families are still sacrificing a bunch. It’s sort of designed that way.

There is no sacrifice. That poster admitted to staying in a low paying nonprofit job despite being in real financial need. It sounds like they are taking advantage of the private school and trying to justify it by saying their kid adds something. No, your kid is just another kid there like everyone else. How delusional.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I pay about 1/3 of the listed tuition thanks to very generous financial aid. I work for a nonprofit and my spouse died in 2021, so single income family. But the school feels my child adds something to their community and has worked to make tuition, although still a good chunk of my income, affordable as a result.

Shouldn’t you have left the low paying nonprofit job by now? For your kid?

This is the exact conn here. Gee how wonderful you are paying my bills. Guess I don’t need to get a real job after all!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I pay about 1/3 of the listed tuition thanks to very generous financial aid. I work for a nonprofit and my spouse died in 2021, so single income family. But the school feels my child adds something to their community and has worked to make tuition, although still a good chunk of my income, affordable as a result.

Precisely this. Even with aid, most FA families are still sacrificing a bunch. It’s sort of designed that way.

There is no sacrifice. That poster admitted to staying in a low paying nonprofit job despite being in real financial need. It sounds like they are taking advantage of the private school and trying to justify it by saying their kid adds something. No, your kid is just another kid there like everyone else. How delusional.

DP. I knew this would devolve into a financial aid hating discussion. It's despicable. If you hate financial aid so much, enroll don't send your child to a school that offers aid. You clearly fundamentally disagree with a core component of how the school is run.

BASIS McLean is always an option so your child doesn't have to go to school with the children of "lazy" nonprofit workers.

By the way, "nonprofit" job doesn't mean poorly paid. The ACLU, colleges, and major hospital systems are nonprofits. You have no idea what income OP makes. What their earning potential is. Or their efforts to secure other employment. No matter what, you will be convinced that any financial aid recipient is undeserving.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I pay about 1/3 of the listed tuition thanks to very generous financial aid. I work for a nonprofit and my spouse died in 2021, so single income family. But the school feels my child adds something to their community and has worked to make tuition, although still a good chunk of my income, affordable as a result.

Precisely this. Even with aid, most FA families are still sacrificing a bunch. It’s sort of designed that way.

There is no sacrifice. That poster admitted to staying in a low paying nonprofit job despite being in real financial need. It sounds like they are taking advantage of the private school and trying to justify it by saying their kid adds something. No, your kid is just another kid there like everyone else. How delusional.

DP. I knew this would devolve into a financial aid hating discussion. It's despicable. If you hate financial aid so much, enroll don't send your child to a school that offers aid. You clearly fundamentally disagree with a core component of how the school is run.

BASIS McLean is always an option so your child doesn't have to go to school with the children of "lazy" nonprofit workers.

By the way, "nonprofit" job doesn't mean poorly paid. The ACLU, colleges, and major hospital systems are nonprofits. You have no idea what income OP makes. What their earning potential is. Or their efforts to secure other employment. No matter what, you will be convinced that any financial aid recipient is undeserving.

I’m just providing some honesty. The people who sacrifice are the ones who are full pay, working difficult jobs to pay the bills. We sacrifice to be able to pay for the financial aid programs in the first place. That is why they exist.

[Anonymous]

You gotta match your income to your expenses. Please don’t milk the financial aid system for more than one year. Take the gift of time to sort out your financial mess, but don’t exploit it. One year.

[Anonymous]

OP, we have one kid at a k-8 and pay roughly 85% of sticker price. (It's a range because our ability to pay stayed the same as tuition went up.) If any school staff are reading, ~15% is absolutely the difference between attending and not attending, for us, and we are appreciative.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You gotta match your income to your expenses. Please don’t milk the financial aid system for more than one year. Take the gift of time to sort out your financial mess, but don’t exploit it. One year.

Zero private schools ask financial aid recipients to do this. You should start one that does and see how it goes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I pay about 1/3 of the listed tuition thanks to very generous financial aid. I work for a nonprofit and my spouse died in 2021, so single income family. But the school feels my child adds something to their community and has worked to make tuition, although still a good chunk of my income, affordable as a result.

Precisely this. Even with aid, most FA families are still sacrificing a bunch. It’s sort of designed that way.

There is no sacrifice. That poster admitted to staying in a low paying nonprofit job despite being in real financial need. It sounds like they are taking advantage of the private school and trying to justify it by saying their kid adds something. No, your kid is just another kid there like everyone else. How delusional.

DP. I knew this would devolve into a financial aid hating discussion. It's despicable. If you hate financial aid so much, enroll don't send your child to a school that offers aid. You clearly fundamentally disagree with a core component of how the school is run.

BASIS McLean is always an option so your child doesn't have to go to school with the children of "lazy" nonprofit workers.

By the way, "nonprofit" job doesn't mean poorly paid. The ACLU, colleges, and major hospital systems are nonprofits. You have no idea what income OP makes. What their earning potential is. Or their efforts to secure other employment. No matter what, you will be convinced that any financial aid recipient is undeserving.

I’m just providing some honesty. The people who sacrifice are the ones who are full pay, working difficult jobs to pay the bills. We sacrifice to be able to pay for the financial aid programs in the first place. That is why they exist.

I’m also providing honesty. If you don’t support the financial aid program, you should not enroll at the corresponding school. You’re a whiny, entitled baby.

- Signed, a biglaw attorney billing 3,000 hours a year

[Anonymous]

We started out at 50% FA for PreK at a small pK-12. So incredibly grateful because we would not have been able to attend otherwise. At that time we had one parent in residency and one SAHP with younger kids at home (with part-time side hustles) and tons of student loans. We had a huge jump in income after residency and both parents went back to work. We’re now full pay for both kids, and plan to give to the annual fund over the coming years to “pay forward” the financial aid we received.
I can’t believe all the people on here who slam FA. Families who apply for financial aid have to fill out full financial disclosures and are not trying to “game the system”. If you don’t like it then don’t give to the annual fund (which is almost always where financial aid budget comes from in most schools, almost never from tuition).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I pay about 1/3 of the listed tuition thanks to very generous financial aid. I work for a nonprofit and my spouse died in 2021, so single income family. But the school feels my child adds something to their community and has worked to make tuition, although still a good chunk of my income, affordable as a result.

Precisely this. Even with aid, most FA families are still sacrificing a bunch. It’s sort of designed that way.

There is no sacrifice. That poster admitted to staying in a low paying nonprofit job despite being in real financial need. It sounds like they are taking advantage of the private school and trying to justify it by saying their kid adds something. No, your kid is just another kid there like everyone else. How delusional.

DP. I knew this would devolve into a financial aid hating discussion. It's despicable. If you hate financial aid so much, enroll don't send your child to a school that offers aid. You clearly fundamentally disagree with a core component of how the school is run.

BASIS McLean is always an option so your child doesn't have to go to school with the children of "lazy" nonprofit workers.

By the way, "nonprofit" job doesn't mean poorly paid. The ACLU, colleges, and major hospital systems are nonprofits. You have no idea what income OP makes. What their earning potential is. Or their efforts to secure other employment. No matter what, you will be convinced that any financial aid recipient is undeserving.

I’m just providing some honesty. The people who sacrifice are the ones who are full pay, working difficult jobs to pay the bills. We sacrifice to be able to pay for the financial aid programs in the first place. That is why they exist.

I’m also providing honesty. If you don’t support the financial aid program, you should not enroll at the corresponding school. You’re a whiny, entitled baby.

- Signed, a biglaw attorney billing 3,000 hours a year

You biglaw attorneys are whiny entitled babies. Seriously we just hire you for the paperwork. You are like low level accountants but much less interesting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I pay about 1/3 of the listed tuition thanks to very generous financial aid. I work for a nonprofit and my spouse died in 2021, so single income family. But the school feels my child adds something to their community and has worked to make tuition, although still a good chunk of my income, affordable as a result.

Precisely this. Even with aid, most FA families are still sacrificing a bunch. It’s sort of designed that way.

There is no sacrifice. That poster admitted to staying in a low paying nonprofit job despite being in real financial need. It sounds like they are taking advantage of the private school and trying to justify it by saying their kid adds something. No, your kid is just another kid there like everyone else. How delusional.

DP. I knew this would devolve into a financial aid hating discussion. It's despicable. If you hate financial aid so much, enroll don't send your child to a school that offers aid. You clearly fundamentally disagree with a core component of how the school is run.

BASIS McLean is always an option so your child doesn't have to go to school with the children of "lazy" nonprofit workers.

By the way, "nonprofit" job doesn't mean poorly paid. The ACLU, colleges, and major hospital systems are nonprofits. You have no idea what income OP makes. What their earning potential is. Or their efforts to secure other employment. No matter what, you will be convinced that any financial aid recipient is undeserving.

I’m just providing some honesty. The people who sacrifice are the ones who are full pay, working difficult jobs to pay the bills. We sacrifice to be able to pay for the financial aid programs in the first place. That is why they exist.

I’m also providing honesty. If you don’t support the financial aid program, you should not enroll at the corresponding school. You’re a whiny, entitled baby.

- Signed, a biglaw attorney billing 3,000 hours a year

You biglaw attorneys are whiny entitled babies. Seriously we just hire you for the paperwork. You are like low level accountants but much less interesting.

Cool. Happy to bill you for the paperwork.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I pay about 1/3 of the listed tuition thanks to very generous financial aid. I work for a nonprofit and my spouse died in 2021, so single income family. But the school feels my child adds something to their community and has worked to make tuition, although still a good chunk of my income, affordable as a result.

Precisely this. Even with aid, most FA families are still sacrificing a bunch. It’s sort of designed that way.

There is no sacrifice. That poster admitted to staying in a low paying nonprofit job despite being in real financial need. It sounds like they are taking advantage of the private school and trying to justify it by saying their kid adds something. No, your kid is just another kid there like everyone else. How delusional.

DP. I knew this would devolve into a financial aid hating discussion. It's despicable. If you hate financial aid so much, enroll don't send your child to a school that offers aid. You clearly fundamentally disagree with a core component of how the school is run.

BASIS McLean is always an option so your child doesn't have to go to school with the children of "lazy" nonprofit workers.

By the way, "nonprofit" job doesn't mean poorly paid. The ACLU, colleges, and major hospital systems are nonprofits. You have no idea what income OP makes. What their earning potential is. Or their efforts to secure other employment. No matter what, you will be convinced that any financial aid recipient is undeserving.

I’m just providing some honesty. The people who sacrifice are the ones who are full pay, working difficult jobs to pay the bills. We sacrifice to be able to pay for the financial aid programs in the first place. That is why they exist.

I’m also providing honesty. If you don’t support the financial aid program, you should not enroll at the corresponding school. You’re a whiny, entitled baby.

- Signed, a biglaw attorney billing 3,000 hours a year

You biglaw attorneys are whiny entitled babies. Seriously we just hire you for the paperwork. You are like low level accountants but much less interesting.

Cool. Happy to bill you for the paperwork.

Yes because our time is much more valuable. That is how it works.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I pay about 1/3 of the listed tuition thanks to very generous financial aid. I work for a nonprofit and my spouse died in 2021, so single income family. But the school feels my child adds something to their community and has worked to make tuition, although still a good chunk of my income, affordable as a result.

Precisely this. Even with aid, most FA families are still sacrificing a bunch. It’s sort of designed that way.

There is no sacrifice. That poster admitted to staying in a low paying nonprofit job despite being in real financial need. It sounds like they are taking advantage of the private school and trying to justify it by saying their kid adds something. No, your kid is just another kid there like everyone else. How delusional.

DP. I knew this would devolve into a financial aid hating discussion. It's despicable. If you hate financial aid so much, enroll don't send your child to a school that offers aid. You clearly fundamentally disagree with a core component of how the school is run.

BASIS McLean is always an option so your child doesn't have to go to school with the children of "lazy" nonprofit workers.

By the way, "nonprofit" job doesn't mean poorly paid. The ACLU, colleges, and major hospital systems are nonprofits. You have no idea what income OP makes. What their earning potential is. Or their efforts to secure other employment. No matter what, you will be convinced that any financial aid recipient is undeserving.

I’m just providing some honesty. The people who sacrifice are the ones who are full pay, working difficult jobs to pay the bills. We sacrifice to be able to pay for the financial aid programs in the first place. That is why they exist.

I’m also providing honesty. If you don’t support the financial aid program, you should not enroll at the corresponding school. You’re a whiny, entitled baby.

- Signed, a biglaw attorney billing 3,000 hours a year

You biglaw attorneys are whiny entitled babies. Seriously we just hire you for the paperwork. You are like low level accountants but much less interesting.

Cool. Happy to bill you for the paperwork.

Yes because our time is much more valuable. That is how it works.

Sweetie, this is a thread about financial aid.