<p>MANY schools offer assistance if your family income is less than a certain amount. Most of the IVIES offer some sort of incentive. Yale, Columbia, and Cornell do, I know. Princeton has always had a financial aid policy so that the student doesn’t graduate with huge debt. UVA has their program, AcessUVA if your family is under $38K, full coverage. In my opinion, many state schools don’t offer full grants. </p>
<p>Plan on just one school, and your options are greatly limited. You’ll be surprised how some small LAC’s are looking for excellent students and will offer anything to have you matriculate.</p>