Yeah, I think you’re going to have to take Stanford’s NPC template and use that to research other private, highly-endowed colleges that give generous need-based aid. A lot of them, like the NESCACs (the New England Small College Athletic League) overlap the Ivies in terms of popularity but half as difficult to get into:
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