<p>@momfromme I know that the Ivies are very generous if need is required, and I’m sure no one resents that. It is a good thing. But having to pay full cost including dorm and travel - say 65k conservatively - takes probably 95k in my gross earnings. I’ll have to earn 400k to put her through an Ivy vs. zero for someone on a full ride. My sense is that there are a lot of declines because of this (not because of the cost, per se, but because of the feeling of being soaked) I KNOW there are declines because of this. My neighbor and several of his UNC-Chapel Hill honors program colleagues - many FA-ineligible - turned down Harvard and other Ivies b/c of this. There is a real perception - including among applying students - that anyone paying full ride has questionable judgement issues and is only contributing to the problem. /rant and ramble</p>