You should check out this old (and one of CCs best IMO) threads and their journey to find an affordable school. I think cost of coming and going is super important, but also, what is the cost of social life? My D barely spends 20$ a week. Some of her friends at city schools spends loads going out to dinner and bars.
Below are the 23 schools my D20 applied to, with final numbers and applicable comments. But first let me explain several important things regarding these numbers.
When I give a school’s COA, I am referring to the costs paid to the school, which are tuition, fees, room, and board. I am NOT including other things that schools will factor into their total COA - things like books, supplies, travel expenses, and miscellaneous.
In addition, for some schools I’m using the 2019-20 COA and for others I’m using the 2020-21 COA.
For financial aid, our EFC was $22K. For both the FAFSA and CSS Profile, I indicated that we would have 2 students in college. As it turns out, we will only have one student in college, so had we pursued schools that offered financial aid the amount awarded would in reality be drastically reduced or eliminated altogether. The only 2 exceptions to this are Johns Hopkins and Princeton, which are the only 2 schools I inquired about financial aid, and I talk about th…
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