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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks for those of you providing some actual suggestions and commiserating; I appreciate hearing that I am not making this up in my mind. We do make above 200K but literally just above it effective two years ago. When C1 was born, our HHI was 65K. My annoyance is that 200K in Fairfax is not equivalent to 200K in Richmond, and [b]I know that FAFSA doesn't take that into account at all.[/b][/quote]

"FAFSA" isn't going to be giving you any money anyhow. FAFSA is what is used for Pell grants, but Pell grants are for very poor families, and the maximum Pell grant is $7,395 per year I think. It's not enough to help you if you need help paying $60,000 tuition room and board - its a drop in the bucket.

Where you may get aid is applying to private schools that use the CSS Profile for determining financial aid. And the CSS does take into account cost of living in your geographical location or if it doesn't individual private schools each have their own way of assessing financial need.

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