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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do FA families have a harder time getting in? Wondering why we struck out this year and if needing FA was a factor. Is there a threshold of a certain percentage of aid needed that makes it harder?[/quote]

Yes, of course.

And I don't mean to sound sarcastic or mean, but this should make sense to you. However, I know how the schools present the FA situation and I think it can be very misleading and unfair.

If you can't afford to pay for the tuition and other families can, they are going to have the upper hand. No matter what the schools say about how generous they are with FA, requiring it automatically puts you at a disadvantage.

I can't afford a $5,000,000 home. Someone else is going to pay cash. Who do you think the sellers want to work with?[/quote]

I wish this was true at my school but it’s not. We are need blind and it’s actually need blind. The kids get their acceptance and then - if they applied for aid, they find out separately if they got it and how much. This is fine for lower school but for middle and upper it shouldn’t be this way. If you’re getting aid as a 7th grader and older, you should be bringing something specific to the school - athletics, academics, arts, diversity. No [b]average white kids please[/b], those should be the ones paying full freight. [/quote]

What does race of the kids have anything to do with it?

Kids have no control over their race and it should have no impact on admissions or financial aid.

Financial aid is charity.  Plain and simple.  Based on the financial status of the parents.  Kids also have no control over this.

While I wish the financial aid kids stood out as exceptional, the reality is that they do not.  The exceptional kids tend to be full pay, with some exceptions.  The financial aid kids are usually just treading water after arriving.[/quote]

Rich kids from highly educated parents whose grandparents pay for tuition and who have the means to play the violin and ride horses will have an easier time getting into these elite schools.

That is all that matters. 
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