Schools that assess student assets the same as parents'?

Paying for College
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<p>In their financial aid calculations, most colleges assess expected annual contributions from parental assets at around 5%, but contributions from students’ assets at 20-25%. Harvard chooses to assess student assets at the same rate as parents - Yale does not. If a hypothetical student whose parents had put $100,000 in savings for their child in the child’s name got admitted to both, and all other aid calculations were equal, the student’s after-aid package at Yale would cost them $15,000 - $20,000 more per year than at Harvard.</p>

<p>Do you all know of other colleges that, like Harvard, choose to assess students at the same rate as parents?</p>

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<p>Stanford…students’ assets are assessed at 5%</p>

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<p>I think Princeton is another that does this.</p>

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<p>Macalester too.</p>

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<p>It appears that Georgetown may be in this group as well.</p>

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<p>How do you find out how particular colleges assess student assets?</p>

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<p>Students do not receive an asset protection allowance. Is this correct?</p>