colleges that aren't worth 80k

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Villanova.

Hopefully will be an ED yes for our kid next year. Will GLADLY pay the sticker price.

[Anonymous]

If are wealthy enough that your bill from a college would be $80k...

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No college is worth this. College should not cost this much and it is offensive that it does. Ask yourself why. Why?! This is insanity, it does not even come close to matching inflation, and it far outstrips the rise in income. It is grotesque.

College does not cost this much. At all. The only people who happen to be in the situation where a college costs $80k are families who make between ~$170-370,000 and are looking at elite private universities and liberal arts colleges. That is a small sliver of the population, believe it or not. And those families still have way more options than an LMC or poor family, because LMC or poor kids have only recently started getting into tippy-top schools that meet full needs. Most poor kids aren't getting into Ivies; they are taking out loans for the local community college. I care more about academically qualified kids who can't even afford UVa.

Get a grip.

If we keep making this point, maybe it will sink in, but I’m beginning to lose hope.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No college is worth this. College should not cost this much and it is offensive that it does. Ask yourself why. Why?! This is insanity, it does not even come close to matching inflation, and it far outstrips the rise in income. It is grotesque.

College does not cost this much. At all. The only people who happen to be in the situation where a college costs $80k are families who make between ~$170-370,000 and are looking at elite private universities and liberal arts colleges. That is a small sliver of the population, believe it or not. And those families still have way more options than an LMC or poor family, because LMC or poor kids have only recently started getting into tippy-top schools that meet full needs. Most poor kids aren't getting into Ivies; they are taking out loans for the local community college. I care more about academically qualified kids who can't even afford UVa.

Get a grip.

If we keep making this point, maybe it will sink in, but I’m beginning to lose hope.

What part of the bolded is untrue?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If are wealthy enough that your bill from a college would be $80k...

What’s …. mean? Loads of people in this area already pay $35k++ for k-12. $80k does not break the bank for high net worth families.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If are wealthy enough that your bill from a college would be $80k...

What’s …. mean? Loads of people in this area already pay $35k++ for k-12. $80k does not break the bank for high net worth families.

and again, then there are the rest of us

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If are wealthy enough that your bill from a college would be $80k...

What’s …. mean? Loads of people in this area already pay $35k++ for k-12. $80k does not break the bank for high net worth families.

It means exactly what you said. That if you are wealthy enough that you'll be charged $80k, chances are that $80k is a nothing burger for you to pay anyway. It is just a number at that point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you can’t afford it? Then definitely not worth it. True for almost anything, really.

More proof.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you can’t afford it? Then definitely not worth it. True for almost anything, really.

Rich people buy stupid sh*t all the time.