<p>well my parents make under 90k a year plus they have all these responsibilities to our family members in jamaica,our home country; in all honesty there is no way my parents will be able to pay anything, not even a little. They are struggling like crazy to keep up with the bills. So when I start applying to college and for financial aid, next year btw, I will most likely have to pay it by myself, so I thought if an elite college saw my app they would assume that I would need lots of aid( I most def will) and so they would not want to give all that aid out, when they could look at the other applicants that make over 200k
a year, and can afford to pay everything with no financial aid. Anyone understand what I mean?</p>