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Well if the parent is playing tennis three times a week instead of working and are collecting financial aid while others are busting their butts working two jobs to pay full tuition that could look strange. They should be required to work. [/quote]

But the school stipulates an income for their parent. Is that not really the same thing? And trust me I am not advocating for the tennis club mother, just trying to understand what else a school can do beyond saying "well you would be earning approximately XX if you were employed, so that's the figure we will use to calculate what you can afford what you can afford to pay."[/quote]

DP -- You're right, I guess.  I have a hard time explaining my thoughts, so please bear with me.

It still strikes me as rather entitled.  That family can "afford" to pay less than full tuition because of the choices they have made (mom not working, going to the club, etc).  They have the right to make those choices, of course.  But I don't quite understand why they expect to be able to send their kids to expensive private schools and that other families are supposed to help pay for it.  I guess another way to say it is that the solution to that family's "problem" of not being able to "afford" tuition shouldn't be to have other working parents pay for it.  I'm not sure I agree that they should be required to work, but I understand the thinking.
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I agree with your sentiments on the issue. Unfortunately, it seems like a loophole a few are able to take advantage of. I would hope that parent would have enough class to not announce to the world they are getting FA as she heads off to the country club.[/quote]

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