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A DC private as a 10th grader probably won't offer that much aid, even for Catholic.

Even teachers can only expect 50% (If they work at the school).

You are looking at 15K-25K (maybe 30) for 3 years, and tuition will increase each year.
Your kid will also have the impression that private college is a given.

Add in beach weeks, uniforms, textbooks and related social expenses. Sports, theatre, AP exams, band...they all have fees.

If you can use your college savings for tuition, replenish the college fund while they are in HS (almost impossible) you could get away with it, but if your child is content, you may want to keep it going as you have it.

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Did not think of any of that

Thanks everyone 
We’ll stick with public 
We did the lottery but sibling preference is not helping with getting 
a spot at Latin or DCI 
And 7th grade Covid year was not great so we did not 
even try for a magnet [/quote]

OP, sticking with public sounds. like your most prudent course of action. You also should probably read up on college costs, especially involving divorced parents. From you what you have posted here. so far, you do not seem to have a realistic expectation/understanding of how it works. By getting a sense of what, if anything, you might be able to expect in aid, then you can guide your DC in understanding what may be possible for college. Too many parents on here do not seem to level with their kid about what is realistic and there can be a lot of disappointment. As someone who knew I was working class, I understood that I had to find aid to attend college, so I set my sights accordingly and it largely worked out for me. [b]But I met a kid on the first day of school who had only learned earlier that week that her dad was not going to pay another dime after she turned 18. - half way through the fall semester. She worked hard, got herself emancipated, ended up going to law school, and became a successful attorney. [/b]But it was a helluva lot of heart ache because her dad never took his responsibility seriously, including that if he knew he was cutting her off @ 18, he should have told her that in 9th grade.

GL![/quote]

None of the bolded is possible. For FAFSA & CSS emancipation only counts if you do it before 18 for the purposes of FAFSA independence. [/quote]

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