What is your C’s preference? What was the rationale behind applying ED2? Plenty of people go to expensive private schools in preference to state schools, not uncommon. Cs of colleagues and acquaintances preferred to go to NYU, without any price breaks in preference to flagship state schools. During C’s admissions cycle about half a dozen from their high school went to BU. Some of them had price breaks like presidential scholarships (like 20k/year or so) and others didn’t. Nevertheless with or without, they all were prepared to go paying lot higher than the state schools which was nominal because even the state schools gave them price breaks on top of low instate tuition. So finances are not a forbidding challenge, may be better to go to a private school of one’s liking. You get to enjoy the location, low student to faculty ratio, higher internships and placements assistance, well connected and well placed alumni network etc, etc.