<p>Hi Mom2kids,
No, it’s not the public ones. I expected little to no aid from them, and in fact was surprised to see that my son’s safety public actually offered him a small scholarship, even though their tuition is quite low. These are the two privates we’ve received financial letters from thus far. Both around 42K. I just don’t understand. I reviewed the fasfa to see if we made a mistake, but it looks okay. They are expecting us to pay much more for this one son, with two in college, than we did last year with one in school. It may just be that they only meet need to a certain degree, and it’s much lower than they say on their websites. I did call one of the FA offices and they said they put the students GPA, class rank, need onto a grid to decide on aid, so on their website it says ‘meets 70% need’, but for my son it was recalcuated and he only earned 53% needs met in actuality. </p>
<p>I think we should all hold classes on this stuff and compare notes with other parents. Nothing like this ever came up in any financial aid lecture I’ve ever attended, nor can you find it just researching aid.<br>
Sorry again for the vent. Don’t mean to be grumpy! Really seriously reconsidering all the Accepted Students Days though…not sure if it makes sense.</p>