MIT - Good fit for S24? Would app be a waste of time?

[TonyGrace]

You might find this post interesting. It’s a good illustration of how schools may define need differently.

Looking for advice in Merit aid for a top 1% student

Below are the 23 schools my D20 applied to, with final numbers and applicable comments. But first let me explain several important things regarding these numbers. When I give a school’s COA, I am referring to the costs paid to the school, which are tuition, fees, room, and board. I am NOT including other things that schools will factor into their total COA - things like books, supplies, travel expenses, and miscellaneous. In addition, for some schools I’m using the 2019-20 COA and for others I’m using the 2020-21 COA. For financial aid, our EFC was $22K. For both the FAFSA and CSS Profile, I indicated that we would have 2 students in college. As it turns out, we will only have one student in college, so had we pursued schools that offered financial aid the amount awarded would in reality be drastically reduced or eliminated altogether. The only 2 exceptions to this are Johns Hopkins and Princeton, which are the only 2 schools I inquired about financial aid, and I talk about th…