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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]

If you are dual feds I would run the NPC on many different schools, as the results can vary (i.e., you may get better results at schools that provide the best financial aid such as HYP although getting accepted is quite a hurdle).

Some schools offer automatic merit aid for certain high stats.  Miami of Ohio is one example.  The merit aid won't show on their NPC results, but you just have to meet the criteria listed on the website.    [/quote]

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