Oops…wesleyan DOES meet full need for accepted students. Sorry…when I edited…I didn’t fix that part.
Still…will this student qualify for need based aid with BOTH parent incomes and assets taken into consideration? He or she did not apply for aid last year (says this is her first time with the FAFSA) but applied to schools like Middlebury.
If the family had the resources to be full pay at Middlebury (not accepted there), then the question is…do they have the resources NOW to pay full costs to attend these private universities?
The student needs to ask the parents and not just assume these costs are still attainable.