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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]STA's endowment is very large.  I don't know what but I've heard it's the largest in DC.  It's what allows them to very generous with financial aid and to be the one DC school that is truly "need blind" for admissions.  Something like 40% of the boys get aid while other schools (including NCS) are around 20%. [/quote]

Well, not quite.  According to its own website it’s 31 percent, which is pretty far from 40.  [/quote]

STA is traditionally 31-35% depending on year.  NCS is 19-21% depending on year. 
NCS will give out 3.3 million in aid, STA 5.8. [/quote]

The website says 31.  If the real range in recent years were 31 to 35 I suspect the website would say that.  [/quote]

It's not a static percentage year-over-year at any school.   Some years they have more families with significant need or they have more faculty kids.  STA gives a full ride to faculty kids ($56K or whatnot each kid).  You have a few faculty members with multiple kids and they can skew the data entirely on their own.

This isn't some conspiracy theory.  The number (or percentage) of kids getting aid in any one year varies.   [/quote]

Yes, I understand that. But you would expect that the school would try to present the availability of financial aid in as good a light as possible. Why aren’t they doing that? And why aren’t you providing an actual link that supports what you’re saying?[/quote]

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