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[quote=Anonymous]Part of it is building a list of schools with your kid that are affordable and where the juice is worth the squeeze.  In our view it’s more complicated than simply a numerical cutoff (like the cost of in-state tuition).  Some top privates give significant need-based aid which may make the cost of attendance only somewhat more (for us) than an in-state option—a stretch that may involve some pain but is still doable.  Other privates may provide significant merit aid.  Some out-of-state publics are not much more than our in-state options.  And other out-of-state publics are almost as expensive as privates but, unlike privates, don’t give any aid to out-of-state students.  We are willing to pay more (and take out loans) for some of these options but not others—it depends on the school and the context (though we have told kid that the expensive publics that charge high out-of-state tuition and don’t provide financial aid are out of reach for us, even though some of them would otherwise be a good fit).[/quote]

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