<p>Which boarding schools offer liberal financial aid.</p>
<p>I need a lot. Perferably 100% covered.</p>
<p>Hotchkiss.</p>
<p>Four schools publically state that they provide *free education<a href="not%20just%20free%20tuition">/i</a> to admitted students with family income under a certain level:</p>
<p>St. Paul's ($80K)
Groton ($75K)
Deerfield ($80K)
Exeter($75K)</p>
<p>As a practical matter, Andover may be in this group as well. However, they have not publicized anything to that effect.</p>
<p>Hotchkiss is "Need Aware" which means that financial need plays a role in the admission decision.</p>
<p>What about Taft? </p>
<p>Will applying for financial aid make it any harder to get in?</p>
<p>I believe Hotchkiss states that they do not admit students for whom they cannot meet their demonstrated need. Or "it is our practise not to admit students.." something like that. It's on the website under FA FAQs I think.</p>
<p>I knew about St. Paul's, Groton, and Exeter, but not about Deefield, thanks. </p>
<p>^I know this! :) Depends on the school. Some, like Deerfield, put it into the equation, but schools like Exeter, St. Paul's and Groton will not. It's all just about the school for that one.</p>
<p>My son needed a full-ride or close to it in order to attend boarding school -- he did not apply to any of the schools mentioned above (they were not a good fit for him). he did apply to a number of other schools -- and the financial aid was excellent.</p>
<p>In particular -- look at Northfield Mount Hermon, Putney, Mercersburg, Conserve, Culver, Peddie, Thacher and Asheville. While these schools don't have a guarantee on financial aid (and your ability to pay may factor into the admission's decision), many kids find that the FA at these schools is excellent. There are probably quite a few more schools that have given excellent financial aid awards in the past couple of years. </p>
<p>Keep in mind -- the better a fit you are for the school, the more likely the school will want you and offer you enough money to attend. Also -- the higher your stats in comparison to the other applicants, the more likely you will recieve the FA you need.</p>
<p>You need to figure out whether your family is likely to get financial aid based on your parent's income and assets. Go to FinAid</a> | Calculators | Expected Family Contribution (EFC) and Financial Aid and fill out a calculator pretending you are a college student. We did this and the number that the calculator spit out was pretty accurate to what the SSS turned out to be.</p>
<p>Many schools will meet the difference between the Estimated Family Contribution (EFC) and full tuition if you are a good match with the school, so figure out where you are a good match first.</p>
<p>My daughter applied to three schools not listed above and was accepted with financial aid up to the EFC. </p>
<p>My advice is don't go looking for the financial aid first, find the schools that are a good fit first. Then look on their websites for information about how many kids get aid to see how generous they are.</p>
<p>"Four schools publically state that they provide free education (not just free tuition) to admitted students with family income under a certain level:</p>
<p>St. Paul's ($80K)
Groton ($75K)
Deerfield ($80K)
Exeter($75K)"</p>
<p>ELW - where did you get that information?!</p>
<p>It's right on the school's web sites - on Deerfield's for example it is on the Financial Aid section.</p>
<p>Andover announced its new, need-blind policy in November 2007. The school guarantees that it will admit students without taking into account their families' ability to pay the tuition, and that it will meet 100% of the demonstrated need of each student with grants (i.e. no loans). </p>
<p>They also set no ceiling on family income when offering full scholarships. For instance, if you make less than $75K, at G or E, tuition is free...what if you make $78K? Does that mean you have to pay $3K towards tuition? Is there really a difference between a family who makes $75K and one that makes $78K? </p>
<p>"St. Paul's ($80K)
Groton ($75K)
Deerfield ($80K)
Exeter($75K)</p>
<p>As a practical matter, Andover may be in this group as well. However, they have not publicized anything to that effect."</p>
<p>leanid, financial aid information, including these particulars, is published on each school's web site. Google is your friend.</p>
<p>Each of the four schools listed above may have a slightly different definition of 'free education' (with family income under a certain level).</p>
<p>For Deerfield the scope of financial aid is rather comprehensive and includes: laptop, school books, travel allowance, stipend for school supplies, music and dance lessons, other school related events and trips. This, of course, is in addition to tuition, room, and board. All grant, no loan.</p>
<p>The generosity of the boarding schools is just astounding. Absolutely astounding. Considering that they feed and board your child, you could end up saving money in the end.</p>
<p>In less than a week, I had already reduced my laundry by at least half. Now note, my family had only decreased by 25% (I still have a 12 year old girl at home!). I have STILL not figured out how to cook for us. We went out to eat and our bill was well more than 25% less than usual. I can't wait to get our first electric bill...</p>
<p>photoOp, not to mention all the labor you will save cleaning their room :P</p>
<p>being a household mother (or even father actually) should have labor fees paid by the government. a guy at the postal place packed something that i was sending, didn't even mention it to me that he was charging for "labor fees" (it was my first time in a UPS as well as the fact that all he really did was put those stuffing things in a cardboard box), and made me pay 9 dollars for it.
SERIOUSLY. NINE DOLLARS. err maybe eight. but still. MONEY. TO POUR SOMETHING INTO A CARDBOARD BOX. WHO HASN'T DONE THAT IN THEIR LIVES, FOR FREE?</p>
<p>They charged me $2.50 labor once to LOOK in the box and tape it.<br>
I avoid the place if I possibly can. The last time I went I was re-sending a Dell computer in the EXACT ORIGINAL shipping boxes and they would not insure it because they said it was not "double boxed." I could pay about $25 for them to put the DELL box in one of THEIR boxes and fill it with peanuts and then they would insure it. I took the gamble and it arrived safe and "sefl-insured." And I ALWAYS bring everything packed when I do have to go!!!</p>
<p>The amount I save on groceries and electricity is huge. I spent almost $200 last w/e just having my son at home!</p>
<p>I figured I would save something in groceries, but so far it has been minimal, but I didn't expect any savings in electricity - in fact our electricity bill went up even though our usage was down, but that's a different story. I wonder if our water bill will go down. Being in Calif. that could be a big savings right there. I am afraid that when she home for Christmas we will break the bank though. We'll probably be in the mood for some spoiling.</p>