How do you feel about the money they have and how it can affect your kids educational experience? Curious to what others think about this. Does it factor into your decision to attend?
There a thread in the parent’s forum that includes a fair number of opinions regarding the value of this information: http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/prep-school-parents/2130907-boarding-school-endowments-p1.html
Not at all unless the school is struggling financially.
If you need FA, compare your actual FA package, not the endowment.
I think about more than financial struggles. I’m thinking of how they invest in new facilities, programs etc… kiddo will be there 4 years so. Are they investing in the staff and neglecting the facility maintenance… Has anyone seen this at other schools. If the endowment is north of 100m I’m guessing financial struggles shouldn’t be an issue…esp in this economy.
Are they schools you are considering working their facilities master plan? Any examples of this investment being made and factoring into your decision process?
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