| Ithaca had a gap on our bill of about $15K (including Fed Loans, work study makes it $18K). Our EFC was $1049. At that rate ALL Of our savings (including retirement) would be dried up in 2 years leaving nothing for our other 2 children. Best of all my D applied w/ fee waivers so they know we have a lower income.
I filed the optional CSS Profile (waste of money) bc I wanted to show that my DH had been in an accident last June and had been out of work (he is self employed) for over 5 months. Apparently that means nothing as most everyone on the Ithaca board is reporting similar gaps of $10-20K. In my area IDK anyone that can feasibly write a check like that every year for the next 4 and as my D is planning on becoming a teacher I just don't think a $60K debt upon graduation is feasible. |