Does applying for financial aid decrease chances of admission?

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Anonymous wrote:This is not the same at every school. Some will make admissions decisions separately and then have a waitlist for aid if they can't award it to everyone they admit. Just ask admissions whether they are need-blind in their decision making (or check the website).

They tell people that bs, but it’s just not so.

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Anonymous wrote:every school is different so you should ask around about specifics. For instance, Burke will accept you and then tell you how much aid they can give you. It would be up to you whether to take the offer or not. Field school will reject you if they can’t give you the aid you say you need. Or at least they used to

Exactly our experience.

I’ll add that Lowell partially bases their decisions on FA needs and only admits if they can meet your need. They are very open about it, which I appreciated.

False. Our kid got into Lowell but we weren’t offered enough aid to meet our need.

Yeah we got accepted as well but weren’t offered aid. We make under 85k a year/family of 4. lol why even admit us. Sure let me just magically make $40k appear!

Frankly it's kind of nuts to be looking at private schools on a $85K income.

You’re right. Only the privileged children of lawyers and private sector finance professionals deserve a quality education. Those of us in blue cooler and/or non-profit work should be grateful for our scraps.

The government already provides free K-12 school. If you want your kid to attend a $40k/year private school, you should pay for it yourself.

Why are you so angry about this? People donate to these schools so that they can offer financial aid. A lot of private school families believe socioeconomic diversity is important.

Well most of these privates more so believe in diversity when it’s time for a photo op or when they need help in sports.

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Anonymous wrote:And if someone is working full time but still can’t afford private and their child is bored/unchallenged in a low achieving public school, you think they shouldn’t apply for FA? Isn’t that why FA exists??

The parents should move to a better public school district within their budget if they don’t have funds for private tuition.

Financial aid only exists to serve the whims of the school admin. Athletic recruits, unusually talented kids, etc.

Every kid has access to tuition-free K-12 already.

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Anonymous wrote:every school is different so you should ask around about specifics. For instance, Burke will accept you and then tell you how much aid they can give you. It would be up to you whether to take the offer or not. Field school will reject you if they can’t give you the aid you say you need. Or at least they used to

Exactly our experience.

I’ll add that Lowell partially bases their decisions on FA needs and only admits if they can meet your need. They are very open about it, which I appreciated.

False. Our kid got into Lowell but we weren’t offered enough aid to meet our need.

Yeah we got accepted as well but weren’t offered aid. We make under 85k a year/family of 4. lol why even admit us. Sure let me just magically make $40k appear!

Frankly it's kind of nuts to be looking at private schools on a $85K income.

You’re right. Only the privileged children of lawyers and private sector finance professionals deserve a quality education. Those of us in blue cooler and/or non-profit work should be grateful for our scraps.

The government already provides free K-12 school. If you want your kid to attend a $40k/year private school, you should pay for it yourself.

Why are you so angry about this? People donate to these schools so that they can offer financial aid. A lot of private school families believe socioeconomic diversity is important.

There is wanted diversity and unwanted diversity. The full-pay kids are diverse already.