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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are a donut hole family. Kid with health condition meant one parent stayed home for longer than planned when kids were only hypothetical. Then one parent had cancer. More time away from the workforce. We are all okay now and both parents work full time and have decent incomes, but that’s only been for the past 2 years and college is close. We’ve saved what we could, lived in a small place, don’t have a lot of luxuries, but if we’d both been able to work since our child was a baby at a comparable income to what we have now, we’d have far more saved.

So don’t be so quick to judge - some of us are doing the best we can under tough circumstances. Will definitely be considering schools that can give merit aid, etc. No decent in-state option in DC. We will figure it out. And we don’t expect to be looking at schools that only give need-based aid. [/quote]

Zero judgement.  If you have not already, read The Price You Pay For College.  If your kid is a strong student, Pitt is a great option that gives merit that can be combined with DC TAG, applying early is key for merit aid.  It will be under 40K/year for our DC and an excellent school with happy kids.  Still waiting on other decisions but it is a good value and strong contender.  There are also some DC specific scholarships such as the posse scholarship.[/quote]

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