<p>Difficult to make social fit projections based on how many kids get some aid. People make friends in all sorts of ways. It’s not like you can be assured all the lower income kids will hang out together. Or will even like each other. Plus, income alone can be misleading, doesn’t really tell about interests, how educated a family is or their intellectual drives. </p>
<p>Averages or counts are only what they are. None of these long lists of numbers are telling enough. As said, a better zoom would come from NPCs.</p>
<p>tk- just an example. Grinnell, with its large endowment: average award- $38.7k, 87% on some aid. My friend’s Fafsa EFC was roughly 9k and they left her with a tab of over 35k.</p>