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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Have you run the NPC on college websites?  Would you be full pay at top private schools?   If you can't or won't be full pay at a $75k per year school you need to tell your son what the budget is and make sure he knows that without merit aid he is limited to in-state options (if that is the case). [/quote]

Op here, yes, I ran the NPC for one small private college and it said full pay.  I assumed that would be the same elsewhere, but my understanding is that the NPC doesn’t account for potential merit aid and we wouldn’t know that until DS applies and is accepted.  Am I wrong?[/quote]

Some of the NPCs do account for merit aid (I tried it for Gettysburg and Mublenberg). Others don’t (I tried it for Grinnell and Richmond). Richmond, by the way, is a selective school.  Other selective schools (but not tippy top) that give merit include Grinnell and Oberlin.  I’ve heard places like Dennison and Wooster give large merit awards too. [/quote]

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