<p>Which schools tend to be most generous for FA?</p>
<p>Andover, Exeter are very generous so are Milton SPS and Groton I heard. Theres an article in the newspaper about them giving out huge FA grants</p>
<p>I would say that Andover, Exeter are by far the best for FA.</p>
<p>If you can get admitted, Andover, Exeter and SPS are very generous.</p>
<p>If you are what the school is looking for (the whole package, not just stats) we also found that NMH, Putney and Conserve were very generous (this is from personal experience).</p>
<p>My son needed very significant FA to attend BS -- he applied to 9 schools. The schools that were the least generous were those that were geographically the closest. I think he has less to offer, since they had plenty of highly qualified candidates from the local area.</p>
<p>If you need alot of FA, you need to apply to a good number of schools (think about 10), apply to schools that are not close to where you live, apply to schools that are a good fit (both stats and what you like, your families values, arts/sports/drama, etc) and apply to schools where at least 35% (or close to it) receive FA.</p>
<p>NMH does not advertise the "free tuition if making less than "75K" but I think this is basically what they are doing. We also received a complete fa package, as did several of my son's friends.</p>
<p>keylyme when you say complete fa package do you mean they completly payed for FA?</p>
<p>SPS has a great financial aid program
i know kids who recieved full financial aid with books and travel covered.</p>
<p>Peddie has one of the highest endownments per student (might even be the highest or close to it)!</p>
<p>Thanks, TV Guide!</p>
<p>It really depends. My son is getting a great package at school with a fraction (and I do mean a fraction) of an endowment than Exeter and Andover.<br>
Yet got waitlisted for FA at a school with a larger endowment and higher average FA.
So, don't rule out the other schools, just because they don't advertise like the "big ones" do and because they don't have endowments in the 100's of millions.</p>
<p>You might look at Boarding</a> School Review - College-Prep & Jr. Boarding Schools.</p>
<p>They breakout schools by total endowment, percent on financial aid, SAT's, 'affordability', and a number of other measures. Several of the major boarding schools are or are close to being "need blind" (meaning they accept the student and then will provide whatever you need). Be careful about endowment as it does not adjust for school size. Generally, if a school wants you they will try to work with you, BUT it can vary greatly. Good luck.</p>
<p>Andover is need blind and I also got into Exeter and SPS who also gave me the financial aid I needed but Andover was the best fit as a school for me.</p>
<p>I also got into Milton, Choate, Groton, Taft and Hotchkiss and they all gave me financial aid but the least was given by Taft and Hotchkiss so that maybe gives you an indication? SPS, Exeter and Andover gave way more then the others except Groton (small school so thus huge endowment for its size)</p>
<p>The thing to remember is that as with admissions, schools are building a class, a community. They may not say it, but the more they want you, the more money they will offer. The two schools that we experienced are very similar schools and compete for the same students so we were suprised to be waitlisted at one and given a generous package at the other. Also, if a school does not think you will attend, you may not get as much (speculation that may have happened in our case). Any hook you have plays into it as well. But a hook at one school may not be at another if they already have enough underwater tuba players.</p>
<p>I guess the moral of my story is don't write off the smaller schools with smaller endowments and depend completely on the big names. As Stef says, you will need to apply to more schools than most and you may need to branch out further than you would otherwise geographically.</p>