<p>My dad and I plugged all our numbers into the Princeton Financial Aid calculator and it came up as no need (right..). I've heard they're super generous so I'm assuming I"m not going to get any need-based aid anywhere. Is this a safe assumption?</p>
<p>Yes…</p>
<p>Congratulations! You are officially affluent. :)</p>
<p>^lol…</p>
<p>Congratulations to you and your dad for figuring this out before the spring of your senior year. It is best to approach this process with a realistic notion of what YOUR costs might be at various schools.</p>
<p>I spent a long time last evening going over this with my daughter. (Big money for tuition means no money for travel, no money for post-undergraduate options, etc etc.)</p>
<p>Some families can cover it all; most of us with full-pay EFC have to make some choices and weigh all the options, present and future, very carefully.</p>
<p>Midmo brings up many good points. If your family is not sure it wants to spend that much money for school you probably need to look into some other schools for potential merit aid. There are many good schools out there that try to attract talented students. You can look at the stickies in this forum for some recommendations.</p>
<p>Thanks for the replies. I know this probably sounds like a funny question, ha ha, though we’re definitely not “officially affluent” enough to afford $50K tuition especially with three younger brothers and sisters. So onto merit aid- the threads on this site have been really helpful so thanks so much. I’m hoping to get total costs down to $20K per year (or less…)</p>
<p>If you had a prayer at Princeton, that’s quite possible. See the thread at the top of this board on merit aid.</p>