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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Chiming in with a naive question, as this thread is terrifying!   :shock:   Wait, so schools make admission decisions based on whether the families also applied for financial aid?

I'm moving to the area in summer 2019 with my son; he'll be a student there for two years.  We applied to several private schools, and also applied for financial aid.  I was looking at it as, hey, if we qualify for financial aid, great; if not, I'm willing to blow through my non-TSP savings to pay for a couple of years of private school.  (I was assured by a wealthier friend that most families who work for my employer qualify for some amount of financial assistance.)

So, wait, it's possible that we're going to be turned down by schools not because of my kid's qualifications or lack thereof, but rather because we applied for aid?  I guess I thought that those two applications were more separate -- that a school might say "You're in! but you didn't qualify for financial aid," and then a family would have to decide whether or not they could afford to accept the admissions offer.

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My experience is with Baltimore private schools. They admitted my DS but said they didn't have any aid for us. I couldn't pay for the tuition without aid so I turned them down. He ended up at another school that gave us aid.[/quote]

What school did you end up in?

If you made the other comment about Baltimore schools . . . There are some good publics, especially the ones with strong gifted programs, and the magnet high schools are decent. You definitely have folks going all the way through to Princeton.[/quote]

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