<p>With good financial aid? I know Exeter has really good aid, but what other less competitive schools do?</p>
<p>Any school that has 30 percent or more of its students on financial aid is worth applying to. Unlike Exeter, Andover, SPS, Groton, etc., those schools may admit your child and not give you aid (or enough aid)–but, on the other hand, they might give you great aid, and you won’t know unless you try. My son and Neato’s both got offers of great aid from schools that were less competitive than Exeter. If the school is an excellent fit, and a place your child is likely to excel, you’ll have a better chance at good aid–so I’d focus more on fit than endowment.</p>
<p>Just realized you’re a kid, not a parent, ali–ignore all the “your kids” in that post. I also just looked at your stats., and I think you’d be an attractive candidate to many schools–good luck and, again, don’t let a smaller endowment discourage you.</p>
<p>I would say that the school with the best financial aid is Andover. Their endowment hasn’t suffered as much as a lot of other schools’, so they are able to remain needs-blind and provide aid to around 40 percent of the student body.</p>
<p>If it isn’t too late for you, St. Andrew’s in Delaware is need blind. It isn’t any less competitive than the top NE boarding schools (despite what many may believe).</p>