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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Another thing to keep in mind is that the upper-middle class Wilson grads often don't attend the "best" college they get in to because they don't get aide at the top schools but get substantial scholarships at tier 2 schools. 
I can think of at least six 2016 grads from my neighborhood (AU Park) who were admitted to places like Swarthmore or Cornell but attended lower tier schools because the price difference was huge.  
Their parents make too much for need based aid at the top schools and those schools don't offer any merit aid.  Lower tier schools offer substantial merit aide. [/quote]

Not completely convinced. Parents like to claim that their Wilson kid sailed into Ivies but enrolled at a lower tier school because the price difference was huge, but this isn't always the case.  Many lower tier schools do not offer substantial merit aid and if an Ivy isn't offering aid, the family is making more than 150K.  What's true is that Wilson's college counselors are overwhelmed, each advising more than 200 students.  Your above average Wilson college bound senior's parents are hiring help on college applications.  [/quote]

no, the kids I know were accepted at higher tier schools but chose to go lower to get merit aide. 
I saw the acceptance letters. . [/quote]

A parent showed you an acceptance letter of a great school their child couldn't afford to attend? I call BS on that-the only letters of acceptances I have see are my own for college, and those of my kiddos for nursery.[/quote]

The acceptances and where students apply are on Naviance - there is no need to see letters.[/quote]

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