How in the world do people pay 55k/year?

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<p>This is absolutely NOT true. The amount of aid a school will provide this applicant will VARY depending on the formula used to disperse institutional aid. AND it will also depend on IF the school is willing to consider his family’s “thriftiness” and multiple home ownerships as a “special circumstance”. Special circumstance considerations are not guaranteed and are at the discretion of the school. They might not even consider this applicants request.</p>

<p>OTOH…It MIGHT all work out. BUT this applicant also needs to have some school in the mix that IS affordable to the family. EVERYONE applying to college should have ONE school on their list that they would like to attend that IS affordable to their family.</p>