Just wanted to update because I didn’t have the actually details when I started this thread…and just assumed our FA was lower when in fact the tuition base rate was higher than expected.
In our case, the real issue is the school in question has two tuition rates…one to internationals (non-North American) and one to North American entering in grade 9. The difference is significant and was meant mainly incentivize domestic students to boarding schools at a much more affordable rate. Because our son is entering grade 11, they want to charge us the non-North American rate. So this does not even affect the FA amount.
The reality is the reason they have a spot for our son…is an opening was created…by someone who was paying the lower rate and in theory, our son would just be filling the opening.
If they charged us the lower tuition fee, we would actually take less of FA which then could be offered to another student!
We’ve raised the logic with an associate in admissions and they are just locked in, that because our son is not entering in grade 9…we can’t do anything even though he is taking the spot of someone at the lower rate. The next step is to go to the director of admissions.