Help with persuading parents to let me attend Smith

Cwhaticando
Sat, 01 Oct 2011 22:38:12 +0000

TheDad: tell me about it.

To everyone else: I recently had a “discussion” with my parents about undergraduate and the fact is if I don’t get heaps of financial aid (I am the only child attending college my parents make 140k+ combined, they’re married, just for some quick facts) then I can’t go to any schools that cost more than around 25k including room and board. I am hopeful that fin aid at these schools will be generous, but, it’s just hopefulness. I’ll surely update if I DO get good fin aid… and then I’ll brag so everyone knows fin aid is accessible (:

Actually, I used those “Net Price” calculators on collegeboard.com I did one for Amherst (supposedly like Smith in fin aid) and one for Mt Holyoke. Amherst gave me an est of ~25,000 while MHC gave me 3,000. So I don’t know how this will end up working out.

I will apply though, especially since it’s free online. Nothing to lose.