Due to the water leaks in the house last night I was up 1:30 a.m. filling out the FAFSA form for my oldest son.
You would think that with no job his prospect of financial aid would be pretty good, however my “estimated expected contribution” displayed at the end was 25k. That is more than half of my wife’s gross pay (or mine if I was still working) and a whole lot more than all the money I have in every bank account my family has.
It looks like scrimping and saving to send him to a good Catholic High School may have the end result of forcing him into a cheap state college.
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