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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are full pay, but when we toured schools, every single one of them insisted that they met 100% of financial need, and some specified that it would not be with loans, but with work-study or grants. I didn't do any research, since we were not the target audience, but... now it seems like they were lying all along???

This is one of the things I hate about American college admissions: the system is so opaque and colleges have the upper hand and can bamboozle families so easily without repercussions. I don't think any other country has such a murky, subjective system prone to misuse.

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they were not lying but people have different views of financial need. Like my kid's friend whose parents were shocked the financial aid package was lower sophomore year (after older sib was no longer in college) and worried how they would swing it. At the same time, they were planning a long trip to Europe.

We on the other hand are full pay but are frugal in our vacation planning. [/quote]

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