<p>@Louisiana,
Before you completely despair, take a look at this chart of Family Contribution Towards Tuition vs. Income Bracket for one school (Loomis Chaffee). You can see that the amount paid by families in the same income bracket can vary enormously: (skip to page 20 in the document):
<a href=“http://www.admission.org/data/files/gallery/MemberandaPDFs/2013SpringMemberanda72.pdf[/url]”>http://www.admission.org/data/files/gallery/MemberandaPDFs/2013SpringMemberanda72.pdf</a></p>