Stacking -- cutting into EFC

The kid is a soph/rising jr. we actually have no idea of her stats other than a 3.85 GPA. no APs. small private school which doesn’t even have them sit PSAT as a soph . If the kid’s projected SAT starts with a 14 the bun fight for merit is guaranteeing nothing. Mum projects her GPA will go up to 3.9. in normal schools the rigour of jr and sr year often means the opposite. Really, it is all abstract for the minute. This fall’s PSAT should shine some light.