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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Show a lot of interest, ED, and be from a state that doesn’t send them a lot of applicants.

ED is a must. A must.

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The system is so broken that the most expensive schools favor the rich where you can ED and be willing to be $80k/year.  Only the wealthy can afford to ED there…or the foolish who are willing to take massive loans.  [/quote]

Does Northwestern really include PLUS loans in the EFC calculations for true middle class kids? I tend to doubt it. My guess would be that Northwestern would have good aid for kids with income under about $150,000. And I know that $180,000 feels poor on the East Coast, but it’s not really that poor.

If all Northwestern does is include $30,000 in federal student loans in the calculations: Coming out of Northwestern with $30,000 in student loans shouldn’t be a big deal for a kid practical and dynamic enough to be a natural fit for Northwestern. Chicago has a great job market, and it’s not nearly expensive as big cities on the coasts. Great kids who stay there should have an easy time paying off a modest amount of loans.

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We are under 150k, and NU came in at about 45k EFC. They did include some loans in the package. DD was RD. Not sure if there would be a difference had she been ED. We appealed based on income dtop, and they seemed pretty much by the numbers. Our concern was home value, but they came in at the lower range of the NPC (put in a couple different home values to get a range of possible amounts).[/quote]

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