<p>What do you define as middle class, RedEyeJedi? We are also talking private schools here, and having room and board covered as well. There is no reason why the government should be paying for kids to go to private boarding school once they become adults </p>
<p>It is difficult to get $60K cut in half but increasingly more difficult statistically to get it cut down further. Where there is that “donut hole” is when you can’t afford your EFC when it’s about what your state school charges for going away to school, and you want the kid to have that sleep away experience. It’s highly unlikely even the most generous privates will give you more of a break than that, as EFC is the LEAST you most often have to pay when you are talking about going away to school. </p>