<p>Blossom-
Thanks for the suggestion about Columbia. Bummer is, my s drew a horizontal line across the center of the US and said "warm weather". He won't look at the NE schools. Sigh.
dig-
glad you like the idea(s). Your s. sounds like he is doing quite well, and should be in a sound financial position what you are describing. Your gifts will be meaningful to him. If there is any concern that your "gifting" him $$ will mess up his loan applications, just buy his books or pay his gas or something.
the whole FAFSA thing has be baffled,and I find it frustrating that everything we are shelling out for private HS for younger s. doesn't amount to a hil o' beans, and because our kids are 4 yrs apart, as soon as one leaves college, the other one enters. We never get the break on the FAFSA calculation, even thoughthe $$$$$$ streams out of our pockets just the same. :(</p>