<p>Lol those are some greedy parents…no offense. Good thing they finally came around.</p>
<p>Sorry if I came off as a bit arrogant :(</p>
<p>no worries
we are just kids afterall :)</p>
<p>if this is happening to exeter…
what about all the other schools?!
i mean, i’m not applying for fa or anything, but still… the competition is tough!!!</p>
<p>All the schools that are need blind are still going to need blind right?</p>
<p>sps changed their FA policy this year in admitting need-blind. my family’s financial situation is a bit effy; private school, housing (sorry guys if I mention Korea so much, but truthfully, housing is extremely expensive here), economic recession which has been inflating prices quite a bit, and basic needs like food, bills, extracurricular activities overseas, etc etc. I’m sure there are people on cc who are in this situation, where their parents, if content with the school you would be attending, COULD pay full tuition, but it would be a strain on the family. Shopping trips, unecessary purchases of any kind actually, vacations, all the excessive yet somewhat essential things in the modern day world would have to be majorly cut back. 40k a year doesn’t just pop out of nowhere, after all.</p>
<p>mpiz</p>
<p>I don’t understand what you mean when you say "I mean when you say under 75k…thats kind of post family income also. "</p>
<p>What do you mean by “post family income”?</p>
<p>I mean to say that’s another way people pretty much post heir family income without knowing it also.</p>
<p>I take offense that being under 75k means you can’t even afford a computer! My mother is a teacher. Yes, we have benefits others making <75k don’t have (including job security), and we’re no where NEAR 75 thousand a year, but I do live a very comfortable life. Its just that private schools would be way, way beyond our means.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t worry about it Saer. Some of these posts over the past few days have been pretty farfetched. While substantial family income may help to secure a seat at an elite boarding school, it doesn’t necessarily buy you any class.</p>
<p>That’s true, and I didn’t mean that I’m terribly worried about FA (though I kind of am). Just that these guys think that us middle class kids live in utter desolate poverty! (Far, far, far from the truth.)</p>
<p>Uhh lol I’m middle class. I was responding to what someone else says about posting incomes, saying under 75k is almost about the same as saying around 200k…that could be anywhere from 150 - 250 before taxes. And its obviously different when its just a family of 2, compared to a family of 6 living with under 75k.</p>
<p>Considering that the amount Exeter costs and my family’s yearly income after taxes are about the same, it doesn’t matter whether or not my parents would be willing to pay for my education, because we simply can’t. </p>
<p>As far as financial aid goes, for both BS and college, there’s no way I’m going without it. Bottom line. My family doesn’t live of poverty, but we don’t make a lot for the five of us; my dad’s a technician, my mom works part-time at a Montessori school, and I can’t find a job. So. lol.</p>
<p>To whoever it was who posted their family income at 580k - seriously, get a life. Why would you ever apply for financial aid?</p>
<p>I can’t believe some of the people on these threads. As someone else said, money doesn’t buy class. Amen to that after having read three people post their incomes.</p>
<p>mpicz- this is what I meant:
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<p>We can comfortably afford a computer and application fees, and we are significantly lower than 75k. I’m just pointing out that 75k isn’t the marker between comfortable lifestyle and poverty. :)</p>
<p>Sorry if I came off arrogant. I am a fortunate child to have parents that can support so well. </p>
<p>It must be very difficult to send a kid to BS if your annual income is less than 75K. It is truly amazing that parents making incomes in that range care about their children so much as to spend the majority of their income on high school. It amazes me how determined these parents are. Their fist and primary goal is their children’s well being. Keep it up all of you FA applicants! You guys are the symbol of America as you stand for the fact that success in society should be based solely upon individual merit rather than inheretance!</p>
<p>Sorry about that. I meant it from a standpoint of a family like mine. A family with many kids in different high schools/colleges and stuff…75k would be impossible for us. I was trying to make the point that if no one on CC wants to here a round-about family income as Periwinkle said, then she should “urge” the people also who say under 75k. And not just say that to the girl whos parents make half a mil a year, I just think its unfair.</p>
<p>And yes benevolent, some parents make serious sacrifices for their kids. My parents could easily have sent us all the public school (we have good public schools) and pretty much be living a pretty rich life. But they look at our education as an investment, instead of playing the stock market they’re banking on the skills of their children. Parents who make those sacrifices know the ability of their children and will always put them first. Not that your parents wouldn’t…Everyone should be happy parents even use up their time with this process. Especially if they didn’t grow up around the boarding school culture.</p>
<p>Haha, my mom’s only letting me applying with the stipulation: We won’t pay, so they have to.</p>
<p>It’s sad, but true, that college is the true educational investment my mom is prepared to make. High school… Not so much 
Its my sacrifice and hers, at the same time!</p>
<p>Ya I mean their willing to pay for private school…not 40k though. Paying full for college was kind of a shock, but they wanted my bro to go to where he truly wanted to go and not just the state college for free.</p>
<p>Heck, mpicz, the median annual household income is somewhere around $40,000, so an income “under 75K” covers a huge number of families. Saying your family makes less than 75K puts you in the company of millions of people. </p>
<p>I would never want someone posting here to be specific about their family’s income, because it’s frankly none of the CC community’s business. I do think, though, even in the prep school applicant pool, very, very high incomes would serve to identify the posters. It also sounds like boasting, which was probably not the posters’ intention.</p>