Could I get into an Ivy League?

txfriendly
Wed, 14 Jul 2021 22:06:46 +0000

srparent15:

As for financial aid, having income over 100k and college savings over 100k will not help you as 100k is generally the threshold and you clearly have assets.

I disagree with this, based on lots of time spent running NPCs at various Ivy+ schools. My D22 will report AGI of 127k with modest savings and ~100k in home equity; for most Ivies and also Rice/Vandy, this results in net price of 17k-20k for us, or quite a bit cheaper than UT-Austin (~28k). Granted, only a limited number of schools can afford this generous level of need-based aid, but even schools ranked 20-40 have generally come in around 30k-35k. The outliers are WashU, Tulane, and USC, each over 50K net. I think OP should not rule out top schools based on finances unless the NPC clearly shows them to be unaffordable in her circumstances.