<p>offers from several schools Cornell, Carnegie M, Penn, MIT are about same in need-based aid for first year. know this is based on parents’ FAFSA. don’t expect their situation will change much during next 4 years. anybody have experience with how FA goes after you’ve already spent first year at one of these or similar? have heard freshman year FA is sometimes a “teaser” - but is this a problem at iv’s. can’t continue without aid; don’t want big loans.</p>
<p>Ivies in general have good accounts on which to draw for need based aid. They should be very stable (more so than most other schools).</p>