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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]SLACs are going hit as high as 83K a year. My iwn is not worth it. My kids weren’t even interested and I didn’t see the value in it anymore[/quote]

I don't think any school, LAC or big U is worth $83k. But plenty of good schools offer merit aid so that the sticker price is meaningless. [/quote]

The top SLACs don’t offer merit. And no one should enter this market on the assumption that they will get merit many oysters in here seem to be surprised when their kid is accepted without merit and with a full tab owed. I can’t tell you how many posts I’ve seen: “OMG I just learned that DD’s favorite school, Northwestern, is $85k a year. No way can we afford that”.  Too many here don’t understand that merit comes only from second and third tier SLACs and usually your child is offering something (high ACT; high SAT) in exchange for the merit money. And many parents here don’t understand his few Dc area families quality for anything under FAFSA. Do your homework first, work the net price calculators, file FAFSA early but don’t count on it (we got zero)[/quote]

There are a handful of very good SLACs that offer merit. [/quote]

Which ones?[/quote]

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