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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t think you know.  I think you are stereotyping.  It’s definitely the reason in our family.[/quote]

+1. TJ is an amazzing education and a great peer group. Full stop. My kid has been pushed, has learned how to work and manage time, has learned how to write well, analyze critically, work in groups and perform high level science research.  He has been pushed by some of the smartest kids in the nation.  He can go anywhere and do well. There is a former UVA Dean out there who said he ran GPA by high school every year he was at UVA. And TJ was always the  top school among American high schools with 10 or more kids enrolled. It’s not just getting into college. If my kid ends up at the exact same college he would have from his base school, or the exact same college as their base school sibling, TJ will still have been worth it.   Because of the education and the peers.  It’s about succeeding once DC gets to college, and getting into a good grad school.

Plus, we are donut hole family too. Lots and lots of TJ families are professional class and therefore do it hole.  My kid is not allowed to take on undergrad debt, so my kid isn’t even applying to an Ivy or NEASC. No merit aid.  A lot of their friends are in the same boat. Wealthy enough to pay for WM (35k a year, close to 150k total, is not chump change)  but private (starting to hit 80k a year or 320k total). is not realistic?  [b]But, we are too wealthy in a high COL area to score need based aid. And colleges do not consider COL. DMV, rural ND— the calculation is the same.[/b]  And we have to consider another kid, and the strong possibility of grad school.

An unlimited budget would be awesome.  Telling my kid they can go to any college they want, finances be damned, wouldalso  be amazing. But you have to be pretty out of touch to think that 80k/year x 2 kids plus maybe helping with grad school is most peoples’ reality.   Most people consider merit aid or stick to VA Public’s.  That is reflected in the TJ college list. [/quote]

This is wrong. Schools that only use the FAFSA do not consider cost of living. But the elite privates (NECSAC) that calculate based on a combination of the CSS and their own formulas do care where you come from, how much your home is worth (and how much remains to be paid) and other factors that the income-only FAFSA doesn't take into account.

Of course what they think you can pay, and what you think you can or should pay, can be very different. [/quote]

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