<p>Where's the limit on how much someone should have to work in order to ethically deserve financial aid? Two jobs, three jobs? Maybe he could add a paper route at 4am too.</p>
<p>I don't see how he's ripping off taxpayers either by hoping to get grant aid from private colleges. </p>
<p>Todd, the question you are asking seems to be a mystery, until you get the financial aid awards in hand. All need based aid at Princeton is in the form of grants, at other schools it may well be largely loans, or you could be left with large gaps. The makeup of the package can be hard to predict but if you read the boards here for a while you'll see trends. Be sure to consider financial safeties, schools where your son would qualify for merit aid based on his stats.</p>