LOL,最好先算算收入貢獻了EFC,如果收入部分貢獻的EFC足夠上學的cost,買大房子也是枉然。。。
20萬以下收入的家庭,還是按我的方針辦:
1。雇主sponsored退休賬戶盡量放滿。
2。有餘錢,盡量放Roth IRA而不是529。
3。照顧好現金流,準備好孩子交學費的時候不存退休賬戶,就能支持孩子的學費。。。
4。別把錢放孩子名下。
https://thecollegesolution.com/will-your-home-equity-hurt-financial-aid-chances/
Schools that Ignore Home Equity
As you’ll see from the list, some PROFILE schools don’t consider home equity at all, which is obviously the best scenario. Institutions in this smallest category include:
- Bard College
- California Institute of Technology
- Cooper Union
- DePauw University
- George Washington University
- Hamilton College
- Harvard University
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Princeton University
- University of Chicago
- University of Virginia
- Ursinus College
- Whitman College
Schools That Limit Home Equity Hit
Other institutions use a home-equity cap that’s tied to the family income so it’s less likely that someone who is house rich, but cash poor will be penalized. The home-equity caps below range from 1% to 4%, which is a huge span.
Here are a few schools in this category:
- Amherst College (1.2x)
- Barnard College (1.2x)
- Bucknell Univesity (2x)
- Cornell University (1.2x)
- Dartmouth College (1.2x)
- Emerson College (3x)
- Haverford College (1.2x)
- Kenyon College (4x)
- Lewis and Clark College (2x)
- Rice University (2x)
- Tufts University (2x)
- University of Rochester (3x)
- Vanderbilt University (2.4x)
- Wake Forest University (2x)
- Washington University, St. Louis (2.2x)