We have an accountant helping us, but there are a few things that could be done different ways. He understands the tax issues, but not surprisingly has no clue about how need based aid could be impacted.
I probably did less than 100 for D21, but I did a ton. She was pretty up in the air too. But some of those I now already know won’t work. And she is just a different kid too. D25 is even more wide open than D21, but that’s because there are a lot of not “needs met” schools that may work better for her. The schools that this question pertains too is a much shorter list, although still a long one. Honestly it isn’t THAT bad once you get in a groove, it’s a lot of the same numbers punched in different places, over and over.
I am kind of hoping that she goes for a merit aid school instead. Because my stuff is more complicated than 99% of people, I am frequently worrying about how some business decision could bite me for FA. It would be so nice to just take that issue off of the table once D21 graduates.