Turning down the Ivy Leagues for....

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Originally Posted by chuckles17
The problem is Brown and Princeton cannot offer scholarships and my parents make too much money for us to receive aid. </p>

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<p>Are you completely sure? Have you run a calculator? Harvard, for example, gives financial aid even to families making more than $150K a year.</p>

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<p>Yes, that’s possible, but if this family lives in the Bay Area and has been talking to these schools and knows that it won’t qualify for aid, then it’s likely that their earnings are beyond the $150k mark…which for the Bay Area is kind of middle class.</p>