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[quote=Anonymous]We've got an older kid attending private school and a younger kid who's currently attending public school but applying to private for middle school, and we're on the fence about whether to apply for financial aid. We're kind of on the high end of the scale - $350k or so - and are not from an underrepresented group, but we also understand that with multiple kids in private school you can sometimes get a bit of a price break at least. (we did not apply for aid with the first kid)

My question is this: would it hurt our chances to apply for financial aid? I know some schools - e.g. Horace Mann - specifically state on their admissions websites that admissions are need-blind; should we assume that absent such a statement, applying for aid might be a negative factor? Could this be countered with a first-choice letter or some such (reassuring them that we would still accept an offer even if they're not able to offer us aid) or does that kind of undermine the whole thing?[/quote]

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