> Financial aid, in the form of grants, scholarships, loans and work-study programs Heavy on the _loans_, light on the grants and scholarships. My son graduat

> Financial aid, in the form of grants, scholarships, loans and work-study programs Heavy on the _loans_, light on the grants and scholarships. My son graduated valedictorian and scored in the top 4% on the SAT (and had athletics, and had community service, and had national honor society, etc. etc.) was offered about $2000 _total_ (of the $50K/year price tag, so about 1% of the total cost) in scholarships. He didn't apply to Harvard, but I don't believe for a second they're throwing around any more money than Purdue or Michigan are. Edit: and those two scholarships came from his high school, not the colleges he was applying to.