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Originally Posted by UGAalum94
Thanks for all the info. It's interesting to think about.
I think that most of the student I know who are looking at colleges are from an income bracket where they won't seem to have that much need on paper for college generally, but, unless your parents have saved a ton of money for you, who can really afford 50,000 a year for an expensive private?
I'm sure the information they fill out reveals that though and then can pick up some grants and lower interest loans.
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This was certainly the case with the families of the kids I went to high school with (from a wealthy area), as well as some kids I went to college with. But like you said, while a state school may be very easily affordable for a couple, a private school tuition can be impossible for even a couple bringing in six figures. Therefore, "need" as determined by a private school will be much higher than need judged by a cheaper state school. Really when all was said and done, my expensive private school that I wanted really bad was only a few thousand more per year for me than my state school, because UW judged me to have no "need" financially (which is fair).
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