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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Folks should listen to the former DD quoted here:
"Former DD here and I'll tell you. The more the tuition goes up, the fewer people the school can get to enroll at full price. But, they have an enrollment number they have to hit to make the budget. So they lure in folks who could afford it if they sacrificed but who threatened to go elsewhere by offering some FA. True story. "

This board mistakenly assumes that if there were no FA, schools could fill up all their seats with full-pay families and maintain all their small classes, specials, etc. In fact, most private schools probably can't find enough full-pay families to pay all the bills as the DD says. Therefore, since their fixed costs remain the same (still need to offer specials, small classes, extras otherwise why would the remaining full-pay families come?), they need to offer FA to families who at least cover part of the cost.

Another way of saying this is that if there were no FA families who at least pay part of the tuition, full-pay families would be either paying a higher tuition for a smaller school or their kids would be in larger classes with fewer extras.

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Former DD here and yes, this is EXACTLY what it means.  These were the management convos that went on all the time.  Sorry if I'm pushing buttons here....but at the prices you are paying you should all do better jobs of educating yourselves about just what you are getting and at what cost.  I left fully convinced the school I was at was a complete rip-off..and logic tells me it can't be the only one.  Sorry, but that's how I feel.  Ripping on how much the DD makes is missing the point entirely.[/quote]

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