Dartmouth

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Pretty good baseball program considering the northern location, but last time I looked, there were no athletic scholarships for Ivy League schools. That makes for quite the financial outlay. Great results educationally, but a lot of money...

cadDAD

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cadDad,
I think you have to hope for the endowments to cover some of it. My cousin got the same type of scholarship your son did, different service though, after his parents promised him they'd give him half of what he could save them with a scholarship.

I'm not sure CASon has quite good enough grades and test scores to be accepted there unless he were to get good enough that the baseball program would put him on their must have list.

Because Ivies are so heavily endowed some are following the lead of Harvard. I believe Dartmouth was recently written up as one following the following trend. Harvard is making the tuition 10% of the family income if the income is between 100-180K. Below 100K the student is going to qualify for a lot of aid anyway.

Never be scared off by the sticker price of any college. Ride it out until all the athletic, academic and/or financial offers come in.

cadad,
google:

academic index calculator - ivy league

and run the calculator

i googled ivy league financial aid reform and found this article:

http://thedartmouth.com/2008/01/15/news/financialaid/

rjm has it right...it's reported that there are some recent announced changes in the F/A policies at some of the ivies.

CaDad: I sent you a PM.

I am not sure that Dartmouth is part of the group making those changes



AMENDMENT:

I just checked their website and they have new FA situations---free tuition for families under 75,000 in annual income---they also have additional changhes---you might want to visit their website

btbb and TR,
Thanks for the leads. He hasn't taken SAT IIs yet. It looks expensive for us.

Newcomer,
Got it and replied.
Thx

cadad,
you can run several EFC (estimated family contribution) calculators found on the web at sites like collegeboard.com and others. i think princeton.edu has one as well. this will give you a feel for where your EFC is likely to fall.

read up on the css profile (also at collegeboard), the FAFSA, and the financial aid webpages at the college(s) websites too.

check princetonreview.com.....i think it's noted there by individual schools........ information about what types of aid are offered, i.e. need based financial aid, merit aid (academic, athletic).

Yes, it is expensive. Yes, there are certain advantages gained from attending Dartmouth when compared to attending State U. The long term outlook can override the short term financial setback.