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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Va population looking at LACs pays $30,000 less a year than for most private schools. [/quote]

What does this mean! [/quote]

This is Paying for College 101

Many LACs cost more than $70k a year all in. And many top LACs don’t give merit aid.  WM costs a bit over $40k in state.  That makes WM $30k a year less expensive for a DCUM donut hole family.

I’d love to send my kid to Hamilton or Bowdoin or Amherst. But not if I’m paying $120,000 more over 4 years. [/quote]

Why are those the only two options. There are many great schools ranked lower than Bowdoin and Amherst. You have set up a false set of options for yourself.[/quote]

Sure. My kid has applied to Oberlin, Kenyon, Grinnell, Macalester, etc and we are crossing our fingers for merit aid.  But our kid would have to max out merit to get the cost down to WM— many of these schools cap at $25k.   And the fact remains, if you don’t qualify for need based aid and your kid doesn’t get merit, or doesn’t max out merit, WM costs a lot less than private SLAC. [/quote]

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