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[quote=Anonymous]Schools are all over the map on FA. Some people will post that they make under $100K and get nothing, but this could well be because the school they chose offers very little financial aid and/or has no endowment.

The better known schools tend to offer more financial aid, and many of them make a commitment to having at least SOME middle class (for DC) families in their midst, so as to avoid the imbalance of having 95% very wealthy kids plus a few very very poor families.

We make less than you but more than $100K (two professional nonprofit jobs) and have 2 children in a very well known school. We get a significant amount of financial aid, although our household budget is still very bare bones after paying for school.It's so bare bones, in fact, that I don't know many people our age, with our level of education, who would choose this lifestyle.  Which is why so few middle class families end up at these schools!

That said, I don't think you'll end up with any offers of aid if you have $200K income and only one child attending.[/quote]

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