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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is the likelihood of receiving financial aid (and enough of it) at DC private high schools to make attending possible?

We are a 2-parent, 1-income family with an elementary age child at home.  I know some schools impute a salary for the non-working parent (though I never in my life made as much as some of the annual tuition costs).

Anyone have a story / financial aid award amount to share?  Thank you![/quote]

Two parent, one income home. I would say the likelihood is very, very high. My kids went to D.C. and Bethesda area private schools. My income was lower than yours. The schools were [b]extremely[/b] generous with their support. 
     This allowed allowed all the kids to graduate from schools that I would never have been able to afford. The support was provided K-12 for each child. The final one graduated HS last year. Don't hesitate to apply, and good luck!
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So families that for no good reason choose to not work get FA? How is this right or fair? Why should we (working) parents donate?[/quote]

Stop beig bitter.  Quit if you want to.  You probably can afford to quit but choose not to.[/quote]

I am bitter, you are right. I can afford to quit if I decide to send my kids to public school. We absolutely cannot afford private school on my DH’s income alone… perhaps by quitting (or getting an easy part time Job) I would get FA. My kids are all already admitted and doing great. Everyone loves them so I bet I am in a better position than OP.

THIS is why I am upset. If I were rich and did not need to work, I would probably not be upset[/quote]

If you cannot live off the $400k plus income your spending ids huge issue.  We make $160 and could afford it if we choose.  It’s all about choices.  We don’t live in a nice big house.  We drive cars till they die.  We rarely take vacations.  I can spend what I want and we have good retirement and college and graduate school savings.  No family help.  [/quote]

Where did you get that we have a $400k plus income? It’s actually much lower than that. My DH alone only makes 220k and we have 3 kids. Their school is about 40k per child per year. Do you think we could afford 120k after taxes? No… that’s why I have to work. I make 150k and I never considered asking for FA. We have one VERY old minivan. We do have a nice house with a lot of equity on it. DH and I work really hard because education is very important for us. 
It upsets me to hear a woman saying that she does NOT NEED to work and she expect financial aid. She clearly needs to work, but chooses not to and expects others to help.[/quote]

You don't have to work.  You choose to work.  You choose to work because you have three kids, live in a nice house and are choosing private for all three.  You have a spending issue.  If you want financial aid, then apply.  You wouldn't NEED to work if you had less kids, lived in a cheaper house and choose a cheaper private or public school.[/quote]

Exactly, but same goes for OP. They want the same private school for their kids. A school they cannot afford on the husband’s salary alone. Therefore OP (like me) needs to work to send her kid to private. She might still get aid, but it is unfair for all the people that work to pay for what they want and don’t expect help from others[/quote]
Unfair to who?[/quote]

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