WHOA! USC went over $90,000 a year startling this fall!

[Anonymous]

There is absolutely no reason why a middle class kid should be going to an expensive private school. It doesn’t make sense. Go in state and take on the least amount of debt.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Northwestern follows suit: $91,859. I'm so grateful for in-state Virginia schools. https://www.collegetuitioncompare.com/edu/147767/northwestern-university/tuition/#:~:text=The%20undergraduate%20estimated%20tuition%20%26%20fees,other%20personal%20expenses%20is%20%2424%2C336.

Not true. DS is at NU and I write the checks. More like $81K. Housing is mandatory for two years but then the options are much cheaper off campus (or can be). The last 20k of those costs are housing and mandatory meal plan. Nobody buys books much anymore.

That may be for you and locked in. But the link above clearly says that Tuition and Fees for 2023-24 is $66,288 and Liiving expenses estimated at $24,336 which adds up to $90,624.

[Anonymous]

The funniest thing about the varsity blues schedule was this idea that USC was coveted.

[Anonymous]

If you take away the transportation, extra dining, personal expenses, etc the cost you are actually paying the school for tuition, fees, housing, meal plan is 83k.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you take away the transportation, extra dining, personal expenses, etc the cost you are actually paying the school for tuition, fees, housing, meal plan is 83k.

That will be easy for us to cash flow since that’s what private school tuition + ECs + food is for our kids already. Maybe that’s part of what schools are thinking of when they set tuition.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Northwestern follows suit: $91,859. I'm so grateful for in-state Virginia schools. https://www.collegetuitioncompare.com/edu/147767/northwestern-university/tuition/#:~:text=The%20undergraduate%20estimated%20tuition%20%26%20fees,other%20personal%20expenses%20is%20%2424%2C336.

USC was my kid's #1 choice.
I'm grateful USC is generous with National Merit Finalist scholarship. It turned out about same as UVA instate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Northwestern follows suit: $91,859. I'm so grateful for in-state Virginia schools. https://www.collegetuitioncompare.com/edu/147767/northwestern-university/tuition/#:~:text=The%20undergraduate%20estimated%20tuition%20%26%20fees,other%20personal%20expenses%20is%20%2424%2C336.

USC was my kid's #1 choice.
I'm grateful USC is generous with National Merit Finalist scholarship. It turned out about same as UVA instate.

Congratulations! And UVA was a fantastic backup plan. Things work out I guess.

[Anonymous]

Whether 90k all in or 90k for just tuition, it has becoming insane. College was expensive 25 years ago but do-able. It's simple not do-able for way too many these days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Whether 90k all in or 90k for just tuition, it has becoming insane. College was expensive 25 years ago but do-able. It's simple not do-able for way too many these days.

Don’t worry. It’s not the typical college. It’s the “luxury” colleges. Plenty of affordable alternatives.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Northwestern follows suit: $91,859. I'm so grateful for in-state Virginia schools. https://www.collegetuitioncompare.com/edu/147767/northwestern-university/tuition/#:~:text=The%20undergraduate%20estimated%20tuition%20%26%20fees,other%20personal%20expenses%20is%20%2424%2C336.

Not true. DS is at NU and I write the checks. More like $81K. Housing is mandatory for two years but then the options are much cheaper off campus (or can be). The last 20k of those costs are housing and mandatory meal plan. Nobody buys books much anymore.

That may be for you and locked in. But the link above clearly says that Tuition and Fees for 2023-24 is $66,288 and Liiving expenses estimated at $24,336 which adds up to $90,624.

NP. The link above is to the "college tuition compare" website, NOT to the Northwestern website. And see the fine print at the bottom of that page: "Cost estimates for 2023-2024 are based on last year's rate of change." In other words, it's the random website's estimate.

However, I'd guess the actual tuition increase will end up being close to the random website's estimate, due to inflation.

[Anonymous]

Columbia been over 100k for a few years all in.

[Anonymous]

I’d pay $400,000 today for a USC or Columbia, NYU, for a guaranteed admit for junior DS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’d pay $400,000 today for a USC or Columbia, NYU, for a guaranteed admit for junior DS.

Same, we should be so lucky!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:[list]I believe that’s a first for an institution breaking into the 90s? I don’t know how MC and UMC families like us can afford this (mine went in-state - we received no merit and no financial aid and even then it was a struggle). By my calculations (inflation only) my slac should now be $28k but it is $83k. $90k a year is mind-boggling

Easy. You don't go.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Supply and demand. There are a lot of rich families for whom $90k is a meaningless expenditure. As long as there are enough people willing to pay, they will keep raising the price.

40% is full pay at most elite privates.

Coincidentally about 40%are ALDC at Harvard

Slight correction -- I believe I read that it's 40 percent of white students at Harvard are ALDC (athletes, legacies, or donor/dean choice etc).