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[quote=Anonymous]My DD is only 9 years old but by every indication is extremely gifted academically. She's recently been assessed as "profoundly gifted". This all very new for us so we are still trying to wrap our heads around it. She's only in third grade but for the first time, we started thinking about what college might look like for her.

We haven't yet saved very much for college (and we have three kids, the other two younger than our DD). My question is, if she has the academic profile (grades, test scores ect) to get into top-rated schools, is she likely to be eligible for a lot of merit-based aid? Or, if we are unable to pay for tuition at top schools will her choice be a less expensive and inferior state school or taking on massive student loans?

We are wondering what we can do at this point. Should we be thinking about moving to a state with excellent public universities? Besides trying to save as much as possible (which we are already doing) what can we do to make sure she gets the kind of education she, and our other kids, need and deserve?

Please excuse my ignorance and thanks in advance for any information or advice. [/quote]

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