<p>I am a public school future junior, and I never thought I would ever want to go to boarding school. But I have found my dream school: Colorado Rocky Mountain School. And my parents are supportive, but they can't afford it, with paying for my older brother's college education, plus me and my brother's college as well. And I'm not sure if we would qualify for financial aid because of our income, but there just isn't $45,000 lying around. </p>
<p>Anyways, I was wondering if anyone had any information about ways to afford going there? If not, maybe make me feel better by telling me it really isn't as awesome as it seems.</p>
<p>Why not apply, and see if you get financial aid? You’ll never know if it’s affordable if you don’t try.</p>
<p>I have the same problem. My family’s income is around $80,000-$100,000, but my brother’s in college, two of my other brothers go to a private high school, and my other brother’s special needs and needs tutors and other things. I think the school would look at other things besides your income in seeing if you qualify for financial aid. I’m not really familiar with Colorado Rocky Mountain School, but if their endowments pretty big, I’m sure you’ll get at least something. How high is your family’s income?</p>
<p>It looks like you have your heart set on Colorado Rocky Mountain, but I recommend you check out Exeter or Andover, or any of the other select 16 boarding schools. Every school has a huge endowment and are generous with financial aid. At Exeter, anybody with a income below $75,000, doesn’t have to pay anything!</p>
<p>Hello there - I’m writing from the admission and financial aid office at Colorado Rocky Mountain School. I saw your post and I wanted to respond and say a couple of things about this process. The first is that boarding schools know they are expensive. However, it is very important to us that we find the very best candidates for our schools, and make our programs as accessible as possible. As our tuition increases, so do our financial aid budgets. Another piece to consider in all of this, is that we do take other circumstances into effect besides just income, when considering an award for a family. Having multiple children in tuition charging schools is a big factor. Also, many schools have different policies for how they award aid. Some can meet 100% of determined need. Some can meet a smaller percentage of that. Others offer merit awards in addition to financial aid. What I’m trying to say is that it is a complicated review process, but there is a lot of consideration that goes into it. If Colorado Rocky Mountain School is your dream school, I urge you to contact our admission office and at least talk more about the realities of making this happen!</p>
<p>apply first and see if you get financial aid…or maybe you have a special talent and that school really wants you to go there…or your parents will just have to work really hard to pay it off if thats possible</p>