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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is one school that was very high on my list that I thought would be a great school for my kid. It's not a "top" school. But selective. But they don't give any merit aid. They make it clear. They only give need based aid, and they are need blind. And even though we could technically afford it, I just could not see paying 80,000 a year for a school that wasn't an Ivy or top 10 LAC or something. It would eat into any savings we had for grad school or other things we might want to help our kid with someday.

I did think...how many of the kids at this school, which is a really small school, are there who are on financial aid vs. the ones who are full pay, and doesn't that create a strange dynamic? I had a friend who got a scholarship to an SLAC known for having a lot of rich kids--this was back in the 90s. She could never have gone there without aid. But I do remember her talking about how weird it was when her classmates had chalets in France and just lived entirely different lives from her. This wasn't an Ivy. It was just an artsy SLAC.

I feel like it would create a have/have not situation where you have half of the students doing work study, having jobs, etc....and then half is jetting off with famous parents or going to Switzerland to ski over winter break or whatever. Would I want my kid in an environment like that? [/quote]

Uh that’s how D1 state schools are. The richer kids join Greek life, go to football & basketball games, study abroad, have cars as underclassmen, live in stunning off-campus lux apartments, travel together on spring break etc. Poorer kids can’t afford Greek life, spring break trips or game tickets and are at work on weekends while those events are happening. Poorer kids live far away and commute or share bedrooms in apartments. Etc[/quote]

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