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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can’t afford a top school for DD unless I spend my life savings, which I’m not willing to do. 
But I’m sad that she worked hard in high school and can’t apply to anything that will cost more than in state. 
Her friends are applying to ivy schools because they qualify for financial aid and they can afford to go there if they get in. 
DD could likely get into a top 20 school but wouldn’t get merit aid there. 
Just a vent. [/quote]

This was me in the late 80s. I only could apply in-state. I was the youngest of 3 in a donut hole family. I was rank 5 out of 450 in a ffx co hs. Straight As. Athlete, all the ECs.

I turned out fine, good career in my field. I had grad school paid for as a STEM TA.

You did your best and you are still giving her a great education. I am thankful my parents did that for me.

I’m married to someone who went to a T10 on Pell  grants and really didn’t see the “donut hole” issue prior until he met me.  And then when our kids got close to college age he saw we would get zero needs based aid. We are able to afford the dream school for our kids and I’m most on board because I want to give my kids the options I did not have. I was always a bit secretly disappointed after working my butt off I had limits to where I could apply that friends of similar neighborhood/school did not because they got aid. But- that’s life.

Your daughter is like millions of other kids and she will succeed, person’s even more because of it. [/quote]

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