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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've been looking into private schools and found that some list 50% of their students receive financial aid. This seemed like a very high number to me, seeing as how most people (myself included) assume private school is for rich kids and/or at least upper middle class kids. Growing up I knew my family couldn't afford private school, and if I got financial aid, I'm not sure private school is the best place for a poor kid to be (with peer pressure of clothes, designer purses for girls, etc). Anyway,...

My point here is that after researching this financial aid bit, it seems most schools are giving financial aid to families making between $120-300k/year). These families aren't paying 100% out of pocket, they pay around half. There were many reasons listed but it seems that when the economy went to shit and people didn't have as much liquid assets/disposable income, schools had to respond by offering financial
Aid to keep enrollment up.

Have you heard of this? What are your thoughts? My husband and I are in tht $ bracket (low end) and I never thought financial
Aid was even a possibility.

DD is African American. Does this have any impact on cost - since I'd imagine diversity is encouraged? I'm not going to play the black card but it would be a nice bonus. *No flames please*

Please fill me in as we come from poor backgrounds so all of these things are new to me. Thanks for your help! [/quote]
Saying that the "Black card" is a nice bonus just goes to show how little you know about the entire independent school admissions and financial aid process. If you only knew how many families with a "Black card" in their pocket can pay full tuition (for multiple children), you wouldn't have that sense of diversity entitlement. It's actually sickening that you are seeking a 20% discount just "because it would be nice." You do realize that financial aid grants come from very generous donations to the school and that there isn't some magic pot from which grants are awarded to families with a "Black card."[/quote]

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