<p>I have good stats and I think I will be able to get into Ivies. I liv ein a single parent family with an income of about 50k a year. Would I get a lot of financial aid from an ivy league school?</p>
<p>It is a simple matter to read the financial aid sections on each individual colleges website to find out this info. They are very clear on this subject.</p>
<p>One caveat -- is your other parent still alive? If so, even if divorced, both parent incomes are taken into account when figuring out financial aid at private schools.</p>
<p>If you get into Harvard, you won't have to pay tuition. Room and board might still be an issue.</p>
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<p>Just to add to this, but this isn't always the case. If the other parent contributes no support to you and you have little to no contact with him/her, then you may file a non-custodial parent waiver, which means that he/she won't have to contribute to your education and will not, therefore, be included in your financial aid forms (income, etc.).</p>
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<p>Harvard does not require parent contributions from families making up to $60,000; that means tuition, room, and board are paid for.</p>
<p>To the OP: financial aid is a sticky issue (as suggested in my above responses), but just judging by the income you stated, I'll say that you'd get significant aid from Ivies and even non-Ivies--Stanford, MIT, etc. if you get in.</p>
<p>Regarding Post #1:
You have given too little information to get a meaningful response.</p>
<p>Financial aid will be determined by your family assets as well. If
you do not care to share your details with strangers on CC there
are other ways for you to determine ~ aid. MIT in particular has
a great program with matching Pell grants that makes a free ride
possible without workstudy below certain income+asset levels.</p>
<p>One easy way to find out approximately how much aid you might
get from the IVYs and Stanford/MIT is that you can go to the Princeton
site and try their aid calculator. This usually gives you a rough idea
of worst case aid (as I found out from experience). Usually your
actual aid will be better than the Princeton calculator's online
estimate. </p>
<p>A full ride at IVYs is usually Full ride - 10hrs a week work study.
You could cover the work study with external scholarships/grants
but most experts on CC and elsewhere advise doing the work study.</p>