How CC helped me help my D

SuburbMom
Wed, 12 Apr 2017 17:44:18 +0000

@J2H239 She visited Penn previously and is not attending Quaker Days. All schools have a formula for calculating what they perceive your family’s need to be based off your financial data. I happen to feel that an EFC that’s over 40% of take home pay (even adding in interest and dividend income) is unrealistic. Based on other posts from people in our income bracket ($100K - $150K), I am not alone in feeling that “upper middle class squeeze” on college costs.

Editing to add: Yes, the experience at Ole Miss and Penn will be very different. Ole Miss has some definite pluses. D feels professors are more accessible in the Honors College and Croft than they are at Penn. She also likes that she’s already on a first name basis (his nickname actually) with the dean of the Honors College and that she’s been invited to join the Chancellor’s Leadership Class. She’s also spoken with the Chancellor on campus and over the phone. She loved how engaged all students were at Penn, but there are engaged students at Ole Miss as well.