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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^^people are embarrassed?  Really?

I would not have thought to apply simply because I thought FA was intended to help families who don't make a lot of money. (Not DCUM version of low HHI). [/quote]

What exactly is your definition of "not a lot of money?" Perhaps your belief that you make a lot of money is a tad over inflated.[/quote]

No. I honestly (and naively it seems) thought it was for families who qualify for free lunch or other assistance to live. This thread is helpful as I assumed private schools were out of our reach,  it sounds like that might not be the case.  I appreciate the examples posters are providing, it is very helpful!![/quote]

Oh. I thought you were being sarcastic. Hard to tell on these boards. Yes, there a lot of people with the moral convictions of scraping buy to pay full freight when they may not have to. FA for private schools is very different than say FA for college. I would imagine the number of people who qualify for free lunch or other assistance don't make up a large pool of the private school applications. I could be wrong, but for my observation from touring schools and attending open houses I didn't see too many people who fit into that category (of course judging someone's finances by their clothes, shoes, expensive bags, jewelry, etc. may not be an accurate way to do it.) However, when I attended a financial aid seminar at Sidwell I would say a majority of the people in the room asking questions and getting information where professionals including a college professor (I only knew his professor because I overheard someone say "Hi Professor" to him). [/quote]

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