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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Long story short: we will not get any financial aid. We make too much for help but don't make enough to go full pay at a private in a way that leaves any wiggle room.

We are just starting this process, and child is an athlete that is in the midst of recruiting (only D3 at this point b/c of NCAA limits- and FTR I don't care if DC plays a sport or not but she does). I'm looking at the finances of the various schools and was shocked to learn that some of the schools she's been talking to give NO MERIT aid. DC has excellent grades, community service, ECs, and athletics.

I get she's one of many like man others . . . and I know at DC there are no athletic scholarships. But, how are people affording places like Wellesley? Their website and what I'm finding says they give ZERO aid on the basis that, essentially, "everyone there is special."

Yes, she can look elsewhere. And she is. But it is so sad to have to shut down a possibility that [b]would, honestly, be such a perfect fit for her in every way. [/b]With room and board, etc. the cost per year is nearly $80K!!!! Two years would eat up more than our 529 has in it. [b]Super bummed to have to limit her.[/b]
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That mindset will disappoint you and your daughter. There is no perfect school or dream school and your daughter is not "limited" because one school she likes doesn't offer merit. [/quote]

Her daughter is literally limited to schools that do offer merit [/quote]

That is one ridiculous way to see it. [/quote]

but that's true for many...[/quote]

And many are “limited” by other factors: their academic records, the fact that they aren’t recruited athletes, [b]the fact that all of the need-based aid in the world still might not make a school affordable because of travel costs and other incidentals. [/b]

Everyone is limited; OP’s daughter has fewer limitations than most and should focus on the many possibilities available to her.[/quote]

Sure, OP's daughter is limited because her parents did well for themselves, but not well enough. =[/quote]

OP Daughter is only limited in life by her own/her families crazy expectations----once they realize that their dd can be successful no matter where she attends college and start to earnestly search for a great school and not worry about what "they can't have", they will all be much happier. She has many more opportunities than majority of kids.   But if she grows up lamenting that it's not enough, she will never be happy/successful[/quote]

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