<p>With some privates approaching $60,000/year, merit aid will not put much of a dent into the COA. I agree with you, uskoolfish, merit aid will be considered a discount, which you have to work hard to maintain the GPA to keep that merit! </p>
<p>For need-based aid, with this type of a price tag, will the school be giving out institutional grants of $40,000-$50,000? Highly unlikely! The “gap” will be growing. Keep your eye on the statistic of “Average Gift Aid” “Average Grant” and see where it goes for some of these high priced privates. </p>
<p>I do commend University of the South (Sewanee) for reducing their tuition when it appeared that they were losing a lot of applicants to public universities.</p>