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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"striver families"

It's also ignorant about the fact that families without lots of money to throw around need to find good fits that are as affordable as they can be. I suppose you could say they're striving to get the best they can afford for their kid. But families "chasing merit" like this are not looking at the top elite schools above T50. The fact that they apply to both Loyola at New Orleans and Loyola at Chicago is going to have zero impact on the other kids at their high school. But it would enable them to play each school off the other to negotiate a better merit award. That's literally how chasing merit works. You need offers from comparable schools, which rarely can happen if you're limited to 10 overall. [/quote]

I’m the one you’re responding to that’s talking about striver families. I said my kid goes to private school - it’s around 40k a year and maybe 20% of the class gets financial aid. The kids who were applying to 20-25 schools were not merit shopping. They were prestigious or bust. The good flagship wasn’t good enough for them, but mostly their parents. The school sends a decent amount to the flagship school and that’s where kids often end up if they’re getting aid and are price conscious.[/quote]

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