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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The gap is a bit of a marketing fiction.  If everyone paid tuition and there was no FA, then either no gap or much smaller than some schools claim.  Of course, [b]if no FA,then arguably the school itself is different /more homogenious experience for your kid which can be seen as diminishing the product -- hence greater gap[/b].  Similarly, if no revenue from annual fund and school used some of that for operating expenses, it would have to make some expense cuts.  Our old school annually talked about the gap.  Our current school has never mentioned it in their annual fund campaign.    [/quote]

A bit off topic, but as I understand it, independent schools are REQUIRED to offer some level of FA, in compliance with their tax status. Is that correct?

And I also think the so-called "gap" is a marketing fraud. What they really mean is a "suggested/ ideal contribution per child to the annual fund." We give far less because frankly, I don't like the feeling of being manipulated in that way.[/quote]

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