<p>Would you sacrifice applying for financial aid if it meant your son or daughter had a better shot at admittance?</p>
<p>NOPE. Haha.
Because the only way my mom will let me attend, at all, is if I get a FULL scholarship. She won't even pay a few hundred dollars.</p>
<p>If our EFC was close to full tuition, then probably yes.</p>
<p>same as Linda S</p>
<p>won't some schools accept you and then reject you for financial aid? i guess it would come down to how badly i want to attend the school, or how capable my family would be of dealing with the extra financial burden. we are all suffering from this crisis...</p>
<p>Not including Andover or Exeter, how common is it for schools to offer full scholarships?</p>
<p>not too common. unless your from some third world country or have some amazing story about how you raised your 4 younger siblings, i would not count on it. there are plenty of schools that offer generous financial aid, but given the current economy, schools will be more selective about full FA.</p>
<p>also a school will never give you more than what you need. they decide how much you get, and if you think you need more, they'll usually suggest selling your third car or something of that nature</p>
<p>I didn't think so. I have seen several posters mention how they hope to receive full aid and I wondered how realistic that was.</p>
<p>well if your under a certain level of family income. And they want you...they give you full FA (the top schools). Full scholarship and full FA are 2 totally different things.</p>
<p>dreamer6...there are several schools that offer full aid to families earning less than 75/80K per year. Exeter, Andover, St. Pauls, and Groton all advertise the fact. Deerfield does not advertise, but posters have said this is their policy as well. My son goes to NMH and we know several on full scholarships....middle class families.</p>
<p>HA. My mom makes approx. $40,000 a year as a high school teacher. Full FA? I'd certainly think so- her income is LESS than the tuition of my top choice!!</p>
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also a school will never give you more than what you need. they decide how much you get, and if you think you need more, they'll usually suggest selling your third car or something of that nature
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Not true. I know more than one student who got more than the SSS calculted "need." Now, the schools all get the figures and do some adjusting, so it *could *have been due to the adjustments. In addition, after the award, and before you accept, you CAN go back and ask them to review your file again. Again, I know more than one student who got a significant increase in the award by doing that.<br>
That said, does it happen in every case? Of course not. But it does happen.</p>