Paying for Boarding School

asaweare
Tue, 15 Feb 2011 17:48:50 +0000

Both schools we applied to appear to provide almost half their student body with FA.

Good news for us, since the schools my son has applied to cost almost as much as our annual income at $45k plus.

I was told early financial aid applications (before admissions deadlines generally) help, and that its not unheard of to receive upwards of 80% or more with demonstrated need.

Unfortunately, we just slid everything in under deadline, yesterday. FA at the schools he’s applying to are need-based only and first come first served for accepted applicants.

His dad is only a carpenter who occasionally dabbles in online stock trading, but we’re hopeful.