Safety LACs

DadTwoGirls
Sat, 08 Aug 2020 15:39:25 +0000

“Are there some private liberal arts schools that are cheaper than others?”

As others have mentioned, some LACs have very good need based financial aid but no merit based financial aid. Some other LACs have merit based financial aid but little or no need based aid. Some have both.

The NPCs should predict need based aid. Whether they will predict merit based aid will depend upon the school. Also, if your parents are separated or divorced or own a small business, farm, or rental property, then reality in terms of need based aid is usually quite a bit worse than is predicted by the NPCs.

There are a few states with public LACs. The closest one where we live is however a long way away for you and is not very selective (our daughter and you are probably both a full point in GPA stronger than would be needed to get in, and 400 points higher on the SAT).

There are also options outside the US but they would be a long way away from you (we live in nearly the opposite corner of the US from you).

Given your excellent stats I would expect that looking for merit based aid would be hopeful at some LACs.