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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Catholic universities are notoriously stingy with aid, so widen your net.

But if you have a big chunk of change sitting in an account, colleges will expect you to use it. And your expected contribution will be higher now with just one kid to support rather than 2, as was the case when your DC1 was in college.

If you need to preserve your assets, you will need to look at in-state options. Or seek merit aid from schools that give it to kids who have stats similar to those of your kid. That generally means lowering your sights somewhat. Your kid will need to be a stand-out among applicants to be a candidate for substantial merit aid.

In putting together your DC's list, you need safeties that are not just very likely to admit DC but also are affordable for you even with no aid. Those will be in-state publics and lesser-known OOS publics with affordable OOS tuition (e.g., UNC-Wilmington, UNC-Asheville, Mary Washington, some of the SUNYs). Then add private schools that offer substantial merit aid to kids like your DC--these will also be "safeties" in terms of likelihood of admission, but they're not really safeties for your kid because it's not admission you need, it's merit aid. (E.g, instead of BC, HC, or Trinity, think Clark or Wooster). Then the target/reach will be your in-state flagship.[/quote]

Next tier Jesuit schools (below BC and Holy Cross) -- all the Loyolas!  Marquette! -- are known to be generous with merit aid.  Check the common data set for the percent of students who get merit before ruling them out.

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Yes. And if your DC tests well, Fordham -- a great school, which is (again) on the rise -- offers full tuition scholarships to every NMSF, I believe.[/quote]

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