<p>I am a relatively new poster on CC, and have learned so much from many of the the threads here. What a great site!</p>
<p>As you can tell by may user name, we have four kids in consectutive years of school, my oldest D (Graduating 2012) has started her college search process. All of our children go to Catholic schools, which we pay significant tuitions for (significant to us anyway). </p>
<p>The question is, do any/many schools consider those HS tuition payments when calculating EFC's? If so, does anyone have a similar experience or know of schools that do consider these costs more than others? </p>
<p>We are located in the Northeast/Mid Atlantic and DD'12 would like to stay within 6 hours of home (as of now). She has a 4.0 UW GPA, but we have no SAT/ACT test scores yet, so not sure where she may fall regarding Merit aid/schools that will be a fit. </p>
<p>CSS Profile asks these questions on Sections PE-130-PE-145. The CSS PROFILE is on the Collegeboard website & some private schools may require it for financial aid purposes. </p>
<p>You cannot include your student applicant, but you can include tuition for your other 3 children. It is entirely up to that school to take that into consideration, however, this is one of those “Life Style” choices. </p>
<p>So if your oldest applies to schools which require the CSS PROFILE & FAFSA, they may consider that private school tuition for her 3 sibllings or consider part of it. </p>
<p>A FAFSA only school is not going to care about private school tuition for elementary, middle school, high school on the siblings.</p>
<p>Oh, take your 2009 Tax return & go to College Board website & use the EFC Calculator & choose both “FM” and “IM” & see what your EFC is for both Methodologies. </p>
<p>Your EFC won’t be exact, but it may give you a rough idea of what you are up against! </p>
<p>FM for Federal Methodology and IM for Institutional Methodology.
FM typically for FAFSA only school, IM for schools that ask for CSS PROFILE. </p>
<p>Keep hitting “SAVE” so it will save all your numbers and information & you can go back to it without re-entering all the info.</p>
<p>I believe a lot of catholic colleges consider parocial schools payments while figuring out their EFC. Please also investigate what % of need schools fill … some schools may be more liberal figuring out the EFC but that might not help much if they do not come close to filling 100% of need</p>
<p>True…some Catholic colleges do consider K-12 tuition, but many of these schools don’t meet need anyway. Off hand, I think only Georgetown, BC, and ND are the only Catholic schools that meet need. maybe there’s another, but I can’t think of any.</p>
<p>I come from a family where we all have sent our kids to Catholic K-12, so I understand your concerns. Keep in mind, that many schools consider private K-12 education as a luxury and choice.</p>
<p>And…as mentioned above… FAFSA is not going to care about K-12 tuition, so your EFC will reflect your income/assets. </p>
<p>*We are located in the Northeast/Mid Atlantic and DD’12 would like to stay within 6 hours of home (as of now). She has a 4.0 UW GPA, but we have no SAT/ACT test scores yet, so not sure where she may fall regarding Merit aid/schools that will be a fit. *</p>
<p>Often, good merit schools and CSS Profile are mutually exclusive. CSS Profile schools tend to be more “need based” in aid. Merit scholarships are more likely at FAFSA-only schools.</p>
<p>Depending on your D’s scores, she may have to apply to a variety of schools to see which are the most affordable.</p>
<p>Of the colleges I’ve looked at that use the profile, they provide a great deal of both merit and need aid.</p>
<p>I think you would find that colleges who have large numbers of students coming from private and parochial schools would be much more likely to consider high school tuition than colleges where most students come from public schools. That percentage of private vs. public incoming students is usually not hard to find.</p>