Do i stand for a chance?

<p>RoadlessTraveled, in post #15 you wrote “Personally, I’d much rather pay a few more dollars per yr. to assure I was able to attend my 1st choice college” </p>

<p>This may be true for affluent families, but you have to keep in mind that for many students this is not an option. I have many friends who made their final college choices based solely on the financial aid packages they received. I myself would not be attending Smith, which was by far my 1st choice school, without the excellent aid package they offered me. </p>

<p>I doubt that the original poster would be in a position to “pay a few more dollars” a year (based on the info she supplied), no matter how much she wanted to attend a school.</p>