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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Don't do this, because the comparison is stupid, as PP well knows. Many kids from area publics aren't planning to go to college, or they are in that middle position between qualifying for FA (about $50k household income) and being able to pay the full $60k/year at an Ivy (none of which give merit aid). So many public school kids are not even considering Ivies, instead they are looking at state schools or 2nd-tier privates that will give them lots of merit aid. This might be a useful comparison if we could compare private school exmissions to the public school kids who can afford at least $30k/year (what the private school kids are already paying) in tuition, but we don't have that data. [/quote]

Eh, the picture is more complicated than that.  They give out need based aid as per the expected family contribution from the FAFSA, which holistically looks at income, how many kids are in college, and how many assets you have.  Not saying that "not rich for DC" (in the low six figures) are going to get much aid, but it's not you pay the full $60K or you get a full ride.  Pell grants are phased out at ~50K, but there are also institutional grants that need blind schools give for 10K or 20K or whatever they deem is "demonstrated financial need."[/quote]

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