We make just enough to get by, already, so we won't even have to do anything drastic! Unfortunately, that usually puts us just into the middle range where we don't qualify for aid for anything but don't make enough to do whatever it is without it. But at least Harvard wouldn't be asking us for anything, anyway.
Heck of a situation that would be -- "no, we couldn't afford to send DS to the state school, so he had to go to Harvard."
Hey-- we've done the calculation here.
Stanford is WAY more affordable than the UW for us. About 18K annually "more affordable."
How wacky is THAT?