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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I suppose this is one of many good factors to consider, but I wouldn’t compile a college list based around if. All listed majors are pretty popular and not likely to get dropped. [/quote]

I'm OP and I agree--I didn't mean I was cultivating a list around it--rather taking the list that my kid had started generating and checking out the financial grades.  It allowed us to winnow out some from further research, or push up some for looking at more.  Since DC is only a sophomore we're planning where to visit this summer/junior year. [/quote]
In what ways do you expect this (financial score) to impact your child?
I wonder how the financial score will impact merit aid offered? You may find out the schools with poor scores offer more aid. 
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I guess I expect it to impact the quality of life for faculty that impacts the student--being in a school that is under financial strain/potential to cut budgets may make faculty who can be on the lookout to leave and faculty who can't feel overburdened. I also think it may lead to less amenities/special programs or a lot of extra costs for such things.  Also, there does seem to be a system-wide threat to small colleges--we're at the peak of college aged students right now and they are set to go down for decades.  I worry about the long-term viability of some of the schools.  I'm not sure exactly how that will impact a student, but I know I feel a sense of connection to my alma mater this many years later, still donate, care about it as an institution.  I also have somewhat of a bias to respect institutions with good financial management, seems to me they are more likely to be well-run in other ways.  But I'll look more closely at the data/grading system to see if I agree with it--as another PP suggests--if the one hesitation about a school my kid is interested in is its financial "grade."  [/quote]

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