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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don't act like a beggar because the rich people are not acting like beggars.  It would be traumatic for kids whose family get labeled as the poor ones at the rich kid school.  Go to public schools and take alittle pride in what your tax dollars already pay for.  You could also volunteer which instills character and pride.[/quote]
You must not have been reading any of the FA threads lately. People making $400k a year or more are asking for FA with no shame.

OP, with four kids, you are definitely more likely to get aid. If you need it, ask. And in most privates, there’s really not as much awareness as PP seems to think there is about who gets FA or not. We’ve been a two strong (but not big 3) schools in my kids academic career so far and I couldn’t even guess. [/quote]

Thank you for the more helpful response.  We don’t live an extravagant lifestyle (vacations are spent at other family members’ homes, shop at Aldi/Lidl, drive a 15 year old minivan), actively help parents financially, and feel like we make sensible decisions financially (maxing retirement), but we are also trying to balance our kids, with one having severe anxiety.  College is not as much of an issue as we saved some for that before having kids and they are dual citizens, so can go for much less outside the US if needed.  [/quote]

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