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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son has worked incredibly hard throughout high school and has the grades to show for it. I will do whatever I can for him to go to the school he wants. He has earned it.

BTW, when schools, particularly SLACs say  they do not give merit aid, it is a bit misleading. Each school makes an independent  assessment of your "financial need" so offers can be quite different.  In our case they varied from $13.000 to $24,000 for his brother. I get the impression that  they think your need is greater if they really want your kid. So if you are middle class, go ahead and apply for FA.[/quote]

This is absolutely true. If you have a superstar kid, you are much more likely to get "financial" aid than if you have an ordinary "above average" kid, like mine.

I know a superstar who was offered $30K to go to Hopkins. He turned it down to go elsewhere. But Hopkins swears that they DO NOT offer merit aid. This kid's parents had the $ for private tuition, but they applied for FA just to see if they'd get any. Hopkins wanted their superstar kid, so they offered him money. The school the superstar ended up going to didn't offer a penny of FA!

Now, Hopkins will never let on that they do this, nor will any of the other competitive schools, but THEY LIE! If they want your kid, they will offer more money. But this only happens to superstars. The above averages, just have to go to state schools or take out loans if they are middle class.

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