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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wellesley actually offers generous financial aid even to wealthier households. Have you run the NPC for that school? They use the CSS and take more into account than FAFSA.[/quote]

Not for us. We now make too much. But, that was not always the case and that is not considered. We have no generational money. No parent support. We had loans of our own. We now make a very comfortable salary but that is a recent development and one that does not allow us to pay $70-80K / year without basically directing all of our income to school (at least for 2 of the years) and travel expenses getting to /from.[/quote]

So, you can't "afford" to pay $80K.  Adjust your attitude, be happy you can afford $40K and begin searching for great schools you can afford. Note, that "if you make too much", you likely can find $5K+ to cash flow each year as well for extra college expenses.

We have no generational money either.  No parent support.  Both had loans of our own.  We started saving when kids were babies and didn't let up until we knew we had enough saved (I was 35 before I took a nice vacation, other than my honeymoon).  If we hadn't saved enough, we would have directed our kids towards colleges we could afford.   change the mindset because there are many many colleges that you can easily afford. You are getting upset about schools that your kid isn't even guaranteed to get into (ie. Schools with very low acceptance rates).  
Adjust your expectations and be smart about your search.  You are not entitled to anything---some will always have more than you, but realize you are still extremely privileged having $40K/year saved for your kid.  You and your kid will only be limited by your own mindset[/quote]

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