What percentage do you pay?

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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.

Doesn’t bother me! Happy to work hard and grind it out for 600k/yr.

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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.

Doesn’t bother me! Happy to work hard and grind it out for 600k/yr.

You sound smart and hard working. Your hard work is paying for other families to go on financial aid. Are they working as hard as you though?

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We are full pay starting pre-K at one of the top tier schools next year, but DH chatted with his boss and next year his bonus is going to switch to covering school tuition.

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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.

Doesn’t bother me! Happy to work hard and grind it out for 600k/yr.

You sound smart and hard working. Your hard work is paying for other families to go on financial aid. Are they working as hard as you though?

Yes, lots of families have parents working just as hard as me if not harder. I am happy our school offers financial aid so that the children of public defenders, teachers, nurses, police officers, and social workers can attend.

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Anonymous wrote:We are full pay starting pre-K at one of the top tier schools next year, but DH chatted with his boss and next year his bonus is going to switch to covering school tuition.

Also adding, we will be donating as well. Our chosen school's FA is not as well endowed as other, but we definitely are supportive of FA families in the community!

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Anonymous wrote:I promise I'm not trying to blow up this forum, but I'm curious. Are most of you paying full price for your private school? We keep thinking about making the switch, but we can't afford the standard DC area tuition without a huge sacrifice of some kind. Are most people paying that sticker price, or are most paying 25 -50% off that with the help of financial aid? This forum may skew towards the full-pay families, but this is just an informal poll. Thanks!

I pay full tuition and I do make sacrifices for sending my kids to a private school. I am in general against Financial aid since the criteria is extremely opaque. Not necessarily the poorest or the smartest receive financial aid.

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NB: this is not a thread soliciting your opinion on financial aid. Start your own thread if you’d like to discuss that topic.

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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.

Doesn’t bother me! Happy to work hard and grind it out for 600k/yr.

You sound smart and hard working. Your hard work is paying for other families to go on financial aid. Are they working as hard as you though?

Yes, lots of families have parents working just as hard as me if not harder. I am happy our school offers financial aid so that the children of public defenders, teachers, nurses, police officers, and social workers can attend.

If people go into low effort jobs, shouldn’t they deal with the consequences? Certainly some of these jobs can be hard but the pay increases with effort. Can’t they work enough to afford tuition?

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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.

Doesn’t bother me! Happy to work hard and grind it out for 600k/yr.

You sound smart and hard working. Your hard work is paying for other families to go on financial aid. Are they working as hard as you though?

Yes, lots of families have parents working just as hard as me if not harder. I am happy our school offers financial aid so that the children of public defenders, teachers, nurses, police officers, and social workers can attend.

If people go into low effort jobs, shouldn’t they deal with the consequences? Certainly some of these jobs can be hard but the pay increases with effort. Can’t they work enough to afford tuition?

Or they can go to Catholic schools with cheaper tuition. Problem solved. It’s like saying that you want a Mercedes with 30 percent discount, because you don’t want to buy the Toyota that you can afford. This is nuts!

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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.

Doesn’t bother me! Happy to work hard and grind it out for 600k/yr.

You sound smart and hard working. Your hard work is paying for other families to go on financial aid. Are they working as hard as you though?

Yes, lots of families have parents working just as hard as me if not harder. I am happy our school offers financial aid so that the children of public defenders, teachers, nurses, police officers, and social workers can attend.

If people go into low effort jobs, shouldn’t they deal with the consequences? Certainly some of these jobs can be hard but the pay increases with effort. Can’t they work enough to afford tuition?

Low pay =/= low effort. Many public defenders are putting in hours comparable to that of a biglaw attorney. Many high-paying jobs require less effort than lower-paying jobs. We have no way to reasonably measure how much effort people put in based on job title. I don't waste my time resenting people who don't work as hard. It's pointless and unhealthy. I also don't think people need to bill 3,000 hours a year for their children to deserve to attend a good school.

Again, quit whining. If you're so upset about how your school allocates financial aid, stop attending the school. You can go to public or elect a school without a need-based aid program.

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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.

Doesn’t bother me! Happy to work hard and grind it out for 600k/yr.

You sound smart and hard working. Your hard work is paying for other families to go on financial aid. Are they working as hard as you though?

Yes, lots of families have parents working just as hard as me if not harder. I am happy our school offers financial aid so that the children of public defenders, teachers, nurses, police officers, and social workers can attend.

If people go into low effort jobs, shouldn’t they deal with the consequences? Certainly some of these jobs can be hard but the pay increases with effort. Can’t they work enough to afford tuition?

Are you seriously calling a teacher a low effort job? I wouldn’t switch places with my kid’s teacher if they paid me a million bucks lol. And I’m pretty sure they’re not breaking the income ceiling even doing after care shifts, summer camps, and all the teacher appreciation Starbucks gift cards no matter how hard they work

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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.

Doesn’t bother me! Happy to work hard and grind it out for 600k/yr.

You sound smart and hard working. Your hard work is paying for other families to go on financial aid. Are they working as hard as you though?

Yes, lots of families have parents working just as hard as me if not harder. I am happy our school offers financial aid so that the children of public defenders, teachers, nurses, police officers, and social workers can attend.

If people go into low effort jobs, shouldn’t they deal with the consequences? Certainly some of these jobs can be hard but the pay increases with effort. Can’t they work enough to afford tuition?

Are you seriously calling a teacher a low effort job? I wouldn’t switch places with my kid’s teacher if they paid me a million bucks lol. And I’m pretty sure they’re not breaking the income ceiling even doing after care shifts, summer camps, and all the teacher appreciation Starbucks gift cards no matter how hard they work

Teachers at the school should get tuition benefits separate from financial aid. The school should only provide these benefits to their own teachers as a form of compensation. That is a smart strategy to retain talent. These teachers earn it.

In general, people need to match their income to their expenses and not expect others to pick up the bill.

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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.

Doesn’t bother me! Happy to work hard and grind it out for 600k/yr.

You sound smart and hard working. Your hard work is paying for other families to go on financial aid. Are they working as hard as you though?

Yes, lots of families have parents working just as hard as me if not harder. I am happy our school offers financial aid so that the children of public defenders, teachers, nurses, police officers, and social workers can attend.

If people go into low effort jobs, shouldn’t they deal with the consequences? Certainly some of these jobs can be hard but the pay increases with effort. Can’t they work enough to afford tuition?

Low pay =/= low effort. Many public defenders are putting in hours comparable to that of a biglaw attorney. Many high-paying jobs require less effort than lower-paying jobs. We have no way to reasonably measure how much effort people put in based on job title. I don't waste my time resenting people who don't work as hard. It's pointless and unhealthy. I also don't think people need to bill 3,000 hours a year for their children to deserve to attend a good school.

Again, quit whining. If you're so upset about how your school allocates financial aid, stop attending the school. You can go to public or elect a school without a need-based aid program.

Okay but if you choose low salary work you shouldn’t ask others to subsidize a fancy lifestyle. Pick work that is compensated better. Live within your means.

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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.

Doesn’t bother me! Happy to work hard and grind it out for 600k/yr.

You sound smart and hard working. Your hard work is paying for other families to go on financial aid. Are they working as hard as you though?

Yes, lots of families have parents working just as hard as me if not harder. I am happy our school offers financial aid so that the children of public defenders, teachers, nurses, police officers, and social workers can attend.

If people go into low effort jobs, shouldn’t they deal with the consequences? Certainly some of these jobs can be hard but the pay increases with effort. Can’t they work enough to afford tuition?

Low pay =/= low effort. Many public defenders are putting in hours comparable to that of a biglaw attorney. Many high-paying jobs require less effort than lower-paying jobs. We have no way to reasonably measure how much effort people put in based on job title. I don't waste my time resenting people who don't work as hard. It's pointless and unhealthy. I also don't think people need to bill 3,000 hours a year for their children to deserve to attend a good school.

Again, quit whining. If you're so upset about how your school allocates financial aid, stop attending the school. You can go to public or elect a school without a need-based aid program.

Okay but if you choose low salary work you shouldn’t ask others to subsidize a fancy lifestyle. Pick work that is compensated better. Live within your means.

Like I said, I am happy to pay more than my child's classmates who have teachers, social workers, and police officers as parents. We have different values. I don't think of education as a luxury good and status symbol for myself or my child. A good school is not something a child deserves by virtue of their parents' high-status professions.

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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.

Doesn’t bother me! Happy to work hard and grind it out for 600k/yr.

You sound smart and hard working. Your hard work is paying for other families to go on financial aid. Are they working as hard as you though?

Yes, lots of families have parents working just as hard as me if not harder. I am happy our school offers financial aid so that the children of public defenders, teachers, nurses, police officers, and social workers can attend.

If people go into low effort jobs, shouldn’t they deal with the consequences? Certainly some of these jobs can be hard but the pay increases with effort. Can’t they work enough to afford tuition?

Low pay =/= low effort. Many public defenders are putting in hours comparable to that of a biglaw attorney. Many high-paying jobs require less effort than lower-paying jobs. We have no way to reasonably measure how much effort people put in based on job title. I don't waste my time resenting people who don't work as hard. It's pointless and unhealthy. I also don't think people need to bill 3,000 hours a year for their children to deserve to attend a good school.

Again, quit whining. If you're so upset about how your school allocates financial aid, stop attending the school. You can go to public or elect a school without a need-based aid program.

Okay but if you choose low salary work you shouldn’t ask others to subsidize a fancy lifestyle. Pick work that is compensated better. Live within your means.

Like I said, I am happy to pay more than my child's classmates who have teachers, social workers, and police officers as parents. We have different values. I don't think of education as a luxury good and status symbol for myself or my child. A good school is not something a child deserves by virtue of their parents' high-status professions.

There are plenty of good public schools. Parents can relocate and pick whatever public school they want. You aren’t really helping anyone with financial aid.