Do NOT pay full price for college - secret discounting goes on "behind closed doors"

[Anonymous]

For high net worth families the cost of college is a non issue.

The 529s can already easily cover undergrad and there is more than enough in other pots to cover any other educational need.

I'm not going to insist that my kid go to a no name college because of cost.

The money doesn't matter. The fit, quality, and experience do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Half the kids in the Ivy League pay full price.

Yep. We do for both of our kids. Sigh.

No discounts the higher the school is ranked.

[Anonymous]

Get that MERIT MONEY DCUM! We can do this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I read somewhere, maybe from Selingo, that only 11% are paying full price.

It very much depends on the school.

Secret merit aid is not being handed out behind the scenes at T20 schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I read somewhere, maybe from Selingo, that only 11% are paying full price.

there are 4000+ colleges in America. MOST dont have any residential community (ie dorms). You can't really look at anything about "college" and have it reflect what people on this site care about. This site cares about the 320 colleges in the Fiske Guide - and that's the outside number. More than 11% pay full price at these schools

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Half the kids in the Ivy League pay full price.

Yep. We do for both of our kids. Sigh.

No discounts the higher the school is ranked.

+1 and even for high net families $200k/year for two kids is brutal.