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[quote=Anonymous]Our daughter was admitted to several of the private women's colleges in VA and with merit aid, they all turned out to be cheaper for us than a state school. College Confidential has lots of forums about which schools give merit aid based on SAT"s, etc. I have two kids at private colleges (second tier LAC's) and we are paying less than we would pay for state schools. You need to do your research, don't be scared by the sticker price and ask LOTS Of questions. Call the admissions offices and ask "how many students generally get this level of aid and what is the average SAT, GPA, etc. to receive that award?" BY the way, the college cost estimators on the FAFSA, etc. all suggested we had 60K per kid per year stashed somewhere (in our money vault in our home, I guess) but the offers from the colleges were much more realistic.[/quote]
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