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Interesting. Let’s say I’m Household 1 in your scenario, and the student was accepted to Amherst for the current academic year with the family contribution that you specify.
What’s my estimate of Household 2’s income and assets?
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Well, if you’re rather certain that Household 2 doesn’t have a lot of assets, you probably could estimate that IF the school determined that an $80k income should pay $10k, then it might be safe to estimate that Household 2’s income is around $110-130k if they’re expected to pay $25k.
That may not mean much unless child support for younger children in Household 1 was based on, say, an income of $50k.