<p>All the schools mentioned above (Chicago, Williams, Reed, Grinnell, etc.) award millions of dollars each year in financial aid. If your family of 4 has an income of $25K/year and you are a competitive applicant, you can expect generous aid offers. Still, some offers may have significant gaps, so you can’t afford to be dead set on one school or type of school. Try to keep an open mind about LACs, Ivies, state schools, etc., at this stage when you are still shopping around. </p>
<p>Haverford and Davidson are two excellent LACs with good aid in warmer areas than Iowa (Grinnell), Chicago, or Minnesota (Macalester). You won’t hear much about **Centre College<a href=“Kentucky”>/b</a> but it’s worth a close look for quality and value in a less selective school.
[Centre</a> College: Forbes names Centre best college in the South](<a href=“http://www.centre.edu/web/news/2010/forbes_best_in_south.html]Centre”>http://www.centre.edu/web/news/2010/forbes_best_in_south.html)
[Centre</a> College: Centre ranked No. 1 educational value in U.S. by Consumers Digest](<a href=“http://www.centre.edu/web/news/2008/consumers_digest08.html]Centre”>http://www.centre.edu/web/news/2008/consumers_digest08.html)</p>