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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]We are MC around 140k.[/b] Mine are both at Ivy League schools. Sure they have some rich and entitled friends, but also middle class and QB friends too. Great FA and similar to state school cost. Cheaper at the moment because I have 2 attending college at the same time. They (and many other private schools) still consider that.

#1 kid had been interested in some LACs. Wondering if the disparity would have been more of an issue on a smaller campus.  Have a friend doing QB at a Maine LAC. Also have an UMC friend with very down to earth kid at that LAC, so that concern might be more at some than others.[/quote]

OP described the student's situation as POVERTY.   $140k is not poverty.   OP is describing a situation where the student regularly had to skip meals and probably only owned one pair of shoes, likely donated.[/quote]

[b]No, OP asked about parents with minimal salaries.[/b]That would be in the 70k+ range with 2 parents working. Did I miss where OP wrote about skipping meals? Why would you infer that?  I also mentioned QB (students in families under 80k hhi) for this reason. Families under 100k usually get full COA aid or close to it at these schools.[/quote]

No, OP specifically used the word POVERTY.   Go back and read the OP again.[/quote]
Reread the subject line as well. Minimal salaries does not suggest skipping meals. Such a weird inference.

Regardless,  my suggestion of Ivies stands (I also include QB and full need students as part of friend group). Many other schools meet full need and will have some degree of a cohort. (Lafayette is far more generous than most of its peers.  Student with 0 EFC only pays the student contribution,  about $2500/year). BigFuture has a filter for meets full need, but then compare that to npc. (Lafayette endeavor beating W&L, Emory and several others). Any school good at meeting need should also have good support and decent cohort. Try for fly-in programs. [/quote]

Poverty DOES suggest food insecurity.  So weird to read the word POVERTY and infer that the person does not actually mean it.[/quote]

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