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Anonymous wrote:Anyone who is new to the schools, don't listen to these posters. Most DMV schools will now give aid up to close to $400K. I know families who get aid with HHI up to $500K.
Apply and see what happens.These posters are not making the aid decisions. If the schools want your kid(s) they will find the aid.

This is the truth. Don’t listen to the poor people here cosplaying as rich full pay families (really bizarre, by the way), or to the people who think they have some moral superiority for being full pay at a cheap Catholic K-8. If you make up to $300k and tuition is over $50k, there is a good chance you’ll get something with one kid and it’s almost a certainty with more than one. Two or three kids and you might even get something up to $400k or more. Also depends on the level of certain taxable assets. You won’t know unless you apply.

Kind of pathetic to have that income and be asking for financial aid, no?

Anonymous wrote:Anyone who is new to the schools, don't listen to these posters. Most DMV schools will now give aid up to close to $400K. I know families who get aid with HHI up to $500K.
Apply and see what happens.These posters are not making the aid decisions. If the schools want your kid(s) they will find the aid.

This is the truth. Don’t listen to the poor people here cosplaying as rich full pay families (really bizarre, by the way), or to the people who think they have some moral superiority for being full pay at a cheap Catholic K-8. If you make up to $300k and tuition is over $50k, there is a good chance you’ll get something with one kid and it’s almost a certainty with more than one. Two or three kids and you might even get something up to $400k or more. Also depends on the level of certain taxable assets. You won’t know unless you apply.

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Anonymous wrote:Taking home 200k a year is not rich by DC standards. Obviously it's not poverty, but also not enough to afford a home within an hour's commute, living expenses and $100K in tuition (for 2 kids).

What some people don't get, and most schools understand, is that a community of only the super rich and super poor is not socioeconomic diversity. It benefits everyone to include perspectives and contributions from kids whose parents are federal employees, small business owners and teachers.

I really don't care what kind of jobs the parents have as long as they can pay full tuition. If they can't, then everyone else has to pay for them.

And this is why you aren’t in charge of admissions.

Because I don’t support grifters?

No, because you’re weird AF.

Stop looking for handouts, cheapskate.

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Anonymous wrote:Taking home 200k a year is not rich by DC standards. Obviously it's not poverty, but also not enough to afford a home within an hour's commute, living expenses and $100K in tuition (for 2 kids).

What some people don't get, and most schools understand, is that a community of only the super rich and super poor is not socioeconomic diversity. It benefits everyone to include perspectives and contributions from kids whose parents are federal employees, small business owners and teachers.

I really don't care what kind of jobs the parents have as long as they can pay full tuition. If they can't, then everyone else has to pay for them.

And this is why you aren’t in charge of admissions.

Because I don’t support grifters?

No, because you’re weird AF.

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Anonymous wrote:Taking home 200k a year is not rich by DC standards. Obviously it's not poverty, but also not enough to afford a home within an hour's commute, living expenses and $100K in tuition (for 2 kids).

What some people don't get, and most schools understand, is that a community of only the super rich and super poor is not socioeconomic diversity. It benefits everyone to include perspectives and contributions from kids whose parents are federal employees, small business owners and teachers.

I really don't care what kind of jobs the parents have as long as they can pay full tuition. If they can't, then everyone else has to pay for them.

And this is why you aren’t in charge of admissions.

Because I don’t support grifters?

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Anonymous wrote:Taking home 200k a year is not rich by DC standards. Obviously it's not poverty, but also not enough to afford a home within an hour's commute, living expenses and $100K in tuition (for 2 kids).

What some people don't get, and most schools understand, is that a community of only the super rich and super poor is not socioeconomic diversity. It benefits everyone to include perspectives and contributions from kids whose parents are federal employees, small business owners and teachers.

I really don't care what kind of jobs the parents have as long as they can pay full tuition. If they can't, then everyone else has to pay for them.

And this is why you aren’t in charge of admissions.

210k, 4 kids, we have just a bit less than "buy three, get one free" financial aid at a 18k/child religious school.

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Anonymous wrote:I am one of the OP’s with the 300k HHI and kids who get aid. I also think people need to realize that not everybody is getting 50% eight. Some people are getting $5000 a year per child. My general impression having gone through the process at multiple schools before deciding where to enroll our children was the financial aid office works hard to look at what a family can truly afford and give appropriate aid. We got the same package at multiple schools and I don’t think that was a coincidence.

No offense but you are the exact reason people find financial aid to be outrageous. That $5k in aid could be put to use in the school budget for meaningful improvements for the kids. Instead it allows wealthy families that are cherry picked for aid to take an extra vacation or two per year.

I’m not the pp, but $300k pre tax on 2 incomes in the dmv isn’t wealthy.

Yup. People making $300K pre tax are taking home $200K post tax. And you think it's reasonable for them to be paying $120K of that $200K on tuition for 2 kids and living off $80K all-in. And you call that rich. Gotcha.

Just be frank that you don't want your kid around any kids whose parents aren't making $500K and be honest with all of us.

That is rich. Don't like it, go public. Stop looking for handouts.

The school wants to give me FA. I'm supposed to turn it down because you, an uninvolved third party, don't like the concept?

This doesn't involve you at all. If you think it does because you donate, feel free to earmark those donations differently or stop altogether. The school will still give out FA.

Most expect it to go to true low income, not rich greedy people. Get a second job,

I doubt it, but let's pretend they do - why is it relevant what random people expect? The school has full information about my finances and makes the choices it makes. Go open your own school if you don't like it.

There does appear to be this belief on the part of many that FA goes to (or should go to) "low income" people so that disadvantaged kids can go to one of these private schools. And that the value of FA is that all students have some exposure to those less affluent than themselves.

Even though the school publishes descriptions of how much money is given, how many recipients there are and what the average grant is, this idea of FA is given to poor kids is accepted by many.

The lion's share of FA dollars go to those who are able to pay 75% to 50% of list price.

Anonymous wrote:Anyone who is new to the schools, don't listen to these posters. Most DMV schools will now give aid up to close to $400K. I know families who get aid with HHI up to $500K.
Apply and see what happens.These posters are not making the aid decisions. If the schools want your kid(s) they will find the aid.

Does this seem to happen more at 6th or 9th grades (to attract more top students) than, say, K or 1st?

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Anonymous wrote:I am one of the OP’s with the 300k HHI and kids who get aid. I also think people need to realize that not everybody is getting 50% eight. Some people are getting $5000 a year per child. My general impression having gone through the process at multiple schools before deciding where to enroll our children was the financial aid office works hard to look at what a family can truly afford and give appropriate aid. We got the same package at multiple schools and I don’t think that was a coincidence.

No offense but you are the exact reason people find financial aid to be outrageous. That $5k in aid could be put to use in the school budget for meaningful improvements for the kids. Instead it allows wealthy families that are cherry picked for aid to take an extra vacation or two per year.

I’m not the pp, but $300k pre tax on 2 incomes in the dmv isn’t wealthy.

Yup. People making $300K pre tax are taking home $200K post tax. And you think it's reasonable for them to be paying $120K of that $200K on tuition for 2 kids and living off $80K all-in. And you call that rich. Gotcha.

Just be frank that you don't want your kid around any kids whose parents aren't making $500K and be honest with all of us.

That is rich. Don't like it, go public. Stop looking for handouts.

It’s pretty obvious from the past couple of pages and several of the comments (this one, the caviar one) that the people here complaining about FA are actually poor.

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Anonymous wrote:I am one of the OP’s with the 300k HHI and kids who get aid. I also think people need to realize that not everybody is getting 50% eight. Some people are getting $5000 a year per child. My general impression having gone through the process at multiple schools before deciding where to enroll our children was the financial aid office works hard to look at what a family can truly afford and give appropriate aid. We got the same package at multiple schools and I don’t think that was a coincidence.

No offense but you are the exact reason people find financial aid to be outrageous. That $5k in aid could be put to use in the school budget for meaningful improvements for the kids. Instead it allows wealthy families that are cherry picked for aid to take an extra vacation or two per year.

I’m not the pp, but $300k pre tax on 2 incomes in the dmv isn’t wealthy.

Yup. People making $300K pre tax are taking home $200K post tax. And you think it's reasonable for them to be paying $120K of that $200K on tuition for 2 kids and living off $80K all-in. And you call that rich. Gotcha.

Just be frank that you don't want your kid around any kids whose parents aren't making $500K and be honest with all of us.

That is rich. Don't like it, go public. Stop looking for handouts.

The school wants to give me FA. I'm supposed to turn it down because you, an uninvolved third party, don't like the concept?

This doesn't involve you at all. If you think it does because you donate, feel free to earmark those donations differently or stop altogether. The school will still give out FA.

Most expect it to go to true low income, not rich greedy people. Get a second job,

The people who think this are stupid. Sorry, but the schools make it clear as does one look at your kid’s classmates.

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Anonymous wrote:I am one of the OP’s with the 300k HHI and kids who get aid. I also think people need to realize that not everybody is getting 50% eight. Some people are getting $5000 a year per child. My general impression having gone through the process at multiple schools before deciding where to enroll our children was the financial aid office works hard to look at what a family can truly afford and give appropriate aid. We got the same package at multiple schools and I don’t think that was a coincidence.

No offense but you are the exact reason people find financial aid to be outrageous. That $5k in aid could be put to use in the school budget for meaningful improvements for the kids. Instead it allows wealthy families that are cherry picked for aid to take an extra vacation or two per year.

I’m not the pp, but $300k pre tax on 2 incomes in the dmv isn’t wealthy.

Yup. People making $300K pre tax are taking home $200K post tax. And you think it's reasonable for them to be paying $120K of that $200K on tuition for 2 kids and living off $80K all-in. And you call that rich. Gotcha.

Just be frank that you don't want your kid around any kids whose parents aren't making $500K and be honest with all of us.

That is rich. Don't like it, go public. Stop looking for handouts.

The school wants to give me FA. I'm supposed to turn it down because you, an uninvolved third party, don't like the concept?

This doesn't involve you at all. If you think it does because you donate, feel free to earmark those donations differently or stop altogether. The school will still give out FA.

You can be offered financial aid and also be an a-hole to accept it.

Anonymous wrote:Just because a food pantry would offer you food doesn’t make it okay to take it. If you really don’t need it, you are an a-hole.

+10,000

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Anonymous wrote:I am one of the OP’s with the 300k HHI and kids who get aid. I also think people need to realize that not everybody is getting 50% eight. Some people are getting $5000 a year per child. My general impression having gone through the process at multiple schools before deciding where to enroll our children was the financial aid office works hard to look at what a family can truly afford and give appropriate aid. We got the same package at multiple schools and I don’t think that was a coincidence.

No offense but you are the exact reason people find financial aid to be outrageous. That $5k in aid could be put to use in the school budget for meaningful improvements for the kids. Instead it allows wealthy families that are cherry picked for aid to take an extra vacation or two per year.

I’m not the pp, but $300k pre tax on 2 incomes in the dmv isn’t wealthy.

Yup. People making $300K pre tax are taking home $200K post tax. And you think it's reasonable for them to be paying $120K of that $200K on tuition for 2 kids and living off $80K all-in. And you call that rich. Gotcha.

Just be frank that you don't want your kid around any kids whose parents aren't making $500K and be honest with all of us.

That is rich. Don't like it, go public. Stop looking for handouts.

The school wants to give me FA. I'm supposed to turn it down because you, an uninvolved third party, don't like the concept?

This doesn't involve you at all. If you think it does because you donate, feel free to earmark those donations differently or stop altogether. The school will still give out FA.

Most expect it to go to true low income, not rich greedy people. Get a second job,

I doubt it, but let's pretend they do - why is it relevant what random people expect? The school has full information about my finances and makes the choices it makes. Go open your own school if you don't like it.

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Anonymous wrote:I am one of the OP’s with the 300k HHI and kids who get aid. I also think people need to realize that not everybody is getting 50% eight. Some people are getting $5000 a year per child. My general impression having gone through the process at multiple schools before deciding where to enroll our children was the financial aid office works hard to look at what a family can truly afford and give appropriate aid. We got the same package at multiple schools and I don’t think that was a coincidence.

No offense but you are the exact reason people find financial aid to be outrageous. That $5k in aid could be put to use in the school budget for meaningful improvements for the kids. Instead it allows wealthy families that are cherry picked for aid to take an extra vacation or two per year.

I’m not the pp, but $300k pre tax on 2 incomes in the dmv isn’t wealthy.

Yup. People making $300K pre tax are taking home $200K post tax. And you think it's reasonable for them to be paying $120K of that $200K on tuition for 2 kids and living off $80K all-in. And you call that rich. Gotcha.

Just be frank that you don't want your kid around any kids whose parents aren't making $500K and be honest with all of us.

That is rich. Don't like it, go public. Stop looking for handouts.

The school wants to give me FA. I'm supposed to turn it down because you, an uninvolved third party, don't like the concept?

This doesn't involve you at all. If you think it does because you donate, feel free to earmark those donations differently or stop altogether. The school will still give out FA.

Most expect it to go to true low income, not rich greedy people. Get a second job,