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[quote=Anonymous]This is a really smart thing to be worried about OP. When we were looking for schools it wasn't on my radar at all but it should have been.

At schools like Sidwell and peers, it is really  counter-cultural to go for a lesser option for merit aid. Most of your kids' classmates will have a blank check for college and a few will qualify for financial aid at top20 schools. There are very, very few who will be making any part of the decision based on finances. It's hard to  the bearer of bad news in this regard to your senior when all their friends have the financial means to attend ANY school and their only obstacle is getting in (and in fact, some of their parents are writing additional checks to get them in---yes, this really happens).

Things are definitely a bit different at Catholic schools such as Gonzaga. There you have more a larger upper middle, professional class so it's more typical for a kid to say, "hey, I'm attending UGA or Vermont because they gave me 1/2 merit aid." At Sidwell and peers this almost never happens. Kids go to the best school they can get into and the check is written by their parents.

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