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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I found that if you can afford the $30-$40k range (all in) many private schools and SLACs will get you there. It’s if you can’t even afford that it’s a problem. My kid with very average stats will do best in a small school, and so many schools got us there. So many of these smaller schools have a lot to offer, but so many of the people here think that a) a school below T50 can has value and b) everyone who doesn’t have a 4.5+/1500+ are failures and too flawed to go to college. It says more about them than the kids.

I would really hone in on what kind of environment and programs are right for your kid and go to a bunch of college fairs. We discovered a couple in college fairs that really fit the bill and my kid got “merit” that gets the bill into the $30-$40 k range, even when the sticker price was higher. That was what we had budgeted for. Think smaller schools in PA, OH, MN, VA.[/quote]

30K-40K is right in our doable range. Could you share what some of these schools were? [/quote]

I’m guessing they are obscure schools, because we are not seeing that with top 50-60ish LACs such as Macalester, Oberlin, Kenyon, St. Olaf, and Franklin & Marshall. They are offering merit aid that gets us to around $50k or $55k. This is for a kid with 4.0UW, top rigor, 1550, all 5s on AP exams. The only place in that price range for her is College of Wooster, and again, that’s because she has top stats and got a $50k merit award. [/quote]

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